Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Articles, news and analysis on business rates issues for UK SME commercial properties, such as shops, offices, pubs, warehouses, factories, holiday rental homes or guest houses.
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Increasing VAT by 3% to 23% would cover the £3bn raised each year through business rates, says influential MP
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Retail alone facing £2bn in lost sales each week as tough Tier 4 restrictions are imposed across London and South East
Tax
Government stays silent on whether retail and hospitality business rates holiday will be extended, as 170,000 businesses appeal against rates
Tax
Chancellor to announce review of business rates in budget, mulls scrapping them in favour of landlords paying tax on land value
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Retail bosses to call on government to increase corporation tax to 21% to slash business rates by £6bn
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Small businesses and larger company directors both give thumbs-up to new Government's pledges to upgrade infrastructure and reform business rates
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Labour publishes 20 Pledges to Business bringing together all its reforms to help small businesses, including creation of Business Development Agency
Tax
Chancellor warns that Labour wants to stop family members inheriting small businesses – Labour denies any such plans as part of business taxes review
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Prime minister Boris Johnson woos small businesses with package of jobs tax cut and reducing business rate burden
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MPs say that current business rates system is broken and unfairly penalises small businesses and high street retailers over online competitors
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Labour politician slams Tory government for favouring large corporations over small businesses at Labour Party conference
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Fifty retailers call for Chancellor Sajid Javid to freeze increases in business rates to help reform 'broken business rates system'
Business Technology
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Partner content
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