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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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Retailers call for Chancellor to fix ‘broken business rates system’

Fifty retailers call for Chancellor Sajid Javid to freeze increases in business rates to help reform 'broken business rates system'

News

Jeremy Hunt will scrap business rates for thousands of high-street shops

Tory PM contender plans to scrap tax for 25,000 small businesses across five regional cities.

News

Tory leadership hopefuls propose major tax reforms for small businesses

Two MPs have declared their support for small business owners in their campaigns to secure the Conservative leadership

News

Call for Chancellor to end ‘business rates chaos’ for small companies

Phillip Hammond should end the staircase tax, bring business rates bill increases under control and commit to more frequent rates revaluations at the Autumn Budget, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.

Business management

What will rising business rates mean for SMEs?

Here, Steve Noble, chief operating officer of Ultimate Finance, says tells us what rising business rates will mean for SMEs.

News

Business rates hike will ‘potentially finish small businesses’

Small business owners have spoken out about the shake-up in business rates that threatens to hit the smallest companies the hardest.

Tax

How London’s small businesses are losing out on business rates

Will any potential changes in business rates legislation be enough to quiet the discontent among London’s start-ups? Here, we look into the issue.

News

Company owners in the dark about business rate changes

More than a third of business owners are unfamiliar with the business rates changes put in place by the government.

News

Budget 2016: Business rates shakeup to benefit small businesses

George Osborne has announced that some 600,000 small businesses will be taken out of business rates from next year.

News

BCC: Let’s avoid increased business rates

The government’s plan to allow councils to retain business rates shouldn’t be used as an opportunity to increase rates, says the BCC.

News

Empty property relief to be scrapped

Most small businesses will soon no longer be able to benefit from empty property business rate relief.

News

Councils could scrap small business rate relief

Changes heralded as making small business rate relief (SBRR) automatic could lead to councils scrapping the tax break altogether, according the Forum of Private Business.

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Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

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What are the funding options for hospitality businesses?

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Employing & managing staff

The importance of vocational rehabilitation services for SMEs

In Aviva’s latest SME research*, 57 per cent of employers surveyed agreed that nowadays employees expect benefits to protect against loss of income or earnings. What do you offer your people?