FINANCE

Councils pay record rates relief

By Sam Clayden | 20 November 2015

Local authorities have paid £3bn in business rates discounts, according to new government figures.

FINANCE

Minding our own business

By Dan Peters | 19 November 2015

Heather Jameson and Dan Peters outline the results of an exclusive survey gauging whether local g...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Sector split emerges over business rates

By Heather Jameson | 17 November 2015

Council leaders are divided over George Osborne’s flagship policy to devolve business rates – as ...

BUSINESS

Lord Porter calls for 80/20 split of business rate to be reversed

16 November 2015

Local Government Association chairman, Lord Porter, has dismissed district council claims that th...

BUSINESS

Businesses should decide how much they pay in business rates

By Sam Clayden | 06 November 2015

Council leaders have insisted businesses should be able to decide how much they pay in business r...

FINANCE

UK devolution branded 'incoherent' in scathing report

By Thomas Bridge | 05 November 2015

Economists have demanded a radical rethink of devolution, in a report calling for Whitehall to be...

FINANCE

Malvern in business rates U-turn

03 November 2015

Malvern Hills DC has voted to leave the Worcestershire business rates pool next April because rem...

BUSINESS

The sector needs to lobby hard to protect its business rate

By Michael Burton | 03 November 2015

Michael Burton explains why councils need to keep up the fight on business rates or face up to a ...

BUSINESS

Improvements to business rates appeals system proposed

By Sam Clayden | 30 October 2015

Proposals have been put forward to transform the business rates appeals system, which has been su...

WHITEHALL

The devo divide

By Sam Clayden | 29 October 2015

Devolution negotiators are at odds over who should get the best deal after one combined authority...

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Transformation and Delivery Manager RBKC614495

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