ECONOMIC GROWTH
No timescale for 100% business rates retention
By Dan Peters | 01 August 2018
The Government has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to 100% business rates retention but ignor...
FINANCE
Rates retention transition on agenda for sector and Whitehall
By Dan Peters | 27 July 2018
Arrangements to minimise disruption during the transition to 75% business rates retention continu...
BUSINESS RATES
Manufacturing can still be key to business rate income
By Michael Burton | 24 July 2018
Manufacturing across the UK is doing surprisingly well, but clouds on the horizon could hamper bu...
WHITEHALL
Forbes calls for new funding approach
By Dan Peters | 05 July 2018
Senior vice-chair of the Local Government Association (LGA), Cllr Nick Forbes, has called for a ‘...
BUSINESS RATES
Call for business rates to be scrapped
By Sam Clayden | 04 July 2018
Business rates should be scrapped and local authorities should be handed a swathe of new powers t...
WHITEHALL
Risk warning over appeals fund delay
By Dan Peters | 29 June 2018
Government plans to introduce the central funding of business rate appeals a year after 75% rates...
WHITEHALL
Digital tax planned to balance 'antiquated' business rates
By Martin Ford | 18 June 2018
Calls by MPs to scrap business rates have been rejected by a Treasury minister.
WHITEHALL
LGA call amid appeals backlog
By Patrick O’Brien | 13 June 2018
More than 133,000 firms are still awaiting appeals of their business rates valuation from 2010 to...
WHITEHALL
CIPFA hits back at Tesco rates attack
By Patrick O’Brien | 11 June 2018
Finance directors have hit back at criticisms made by big companies that business rates are causi...
FINANCE
Finance review reaches out to sector
By Martin Ford | 23 May 2018
The man heading a review into Marsham Street’s oversight of the business rates system is approach...
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