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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...
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 ...
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
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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