MPs Demand Immediate Business Rates Reform 30th January 2018. After the false start in the business rates relief fund, the influential Treasury Select Committee has now called for an urgent review of the crippling business rates. This follows a disappointing

 Business Rates Relief Fund Not Going Far Enough 29th January 2018. A relief fund worth £300 million set up for small businesses, and by Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has failed to do its job. The fund, which was set up to

New ATM Tax Could Damage Small Business The taxman has proposed a new tax on cash machines that could lead to thousands being closed in rural locations. ATMs outside stores attract extra business rates and officials want to extend this

Businesses Await Business Rates Relief 12th December 2017.  Thousands of companies hit hardest by business rates increases, and who were promised monetary relief back in April, are still waiting for aid from Government and local authorities. Businesses that were worst

Retailers Feel Business Rates Pressure 4th December 2017. An average of six shops a day have been lost in England and Wales over the past seven years, an analysis of government data has found. Between 2010 and 2017, 15,856 shops