BUSINESS RATES

Think tank proposes 10-point plan to reform business rates

By Laura Sharman | 29 October 2020

The valuation of business rates should be devolved to local government, under proposals published...

FINANCE

Think tank calls for rates reform

By Michael Burton | 26 October 2020

Council tax and business rates should be reformed as part of a major overhaul of the UK’s tax sys...

BUSINESS RATES

Central government needs to stand back

By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 September 2020

Dr Jonathan Carr-West asks if anyone has any sense of a sustained strategic focus on tackling the...

FINANCE

Future Forum: Business rates retention is doomed

By Dan Peters | 24 September 2020

Moves to fund local government using the proceeds from business rates are ‘doomed,’ according to ...

BUSINESS RATES

Counting the hidden costs of COVID-19

By Chris Buss | 23 September 2020

There are a host of hidden costs from COVID-19 that will creep out of the woodwork over time to i...

WHITEHALL

Spending Review will 'fail to offer long-term view' for sector

By Dan Peters | 22 September 2020

This year’s Spending Review will fail to offer a long-term view for local government, The MJ unde...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

How councils can reshape the future of high streets

By Leena Gillespie | 18 September 2020

Local authorities—many of whom are landlords — now have a unique opportunity to regenerate and  t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The business rates system needs to go

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 18 September 2020

Today is the deadline for the call for evidence for the Treasury’s  review of business rates. Rat...

FINANCE

Before reorganisation we need a clear view of the sector's core purpose

By Abdool Kara | 16 September 2020

How local government 'can sensibly be reorganised without a clear view of its core purpose (will ...

FINANCE

Retail chiefs call for more rate relief as Sunak considers tax hikes

By Michael Burton | 01 September 2020

Retail chiefs have urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend business rate relief just as he plans t...

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Assistant Director, Leisure and Culture

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Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Service Manager PFI, Contracts and Commissioning

PO16 £56,361- £60,169

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Rotherham Council's new Property and Facilities Services Apply for this job

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PO18 £64,229 - £68,590

Are you a forward-thinking, proactive, and dynamic OD professional looking for a new challenge? Apply for this job

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