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21st November 2012
Could we be seeing a Local Authority Dash for the Cash?
The Local Government Finance Act 2012 creates a new model for funding local authorities from April 2013, linking their financial revenue to the decisions they take to support local firms and local…
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7th November 2012
Business Rates: Are Northern Businesses set to Subsidise their Southern Brothers?
The Government’s proposals to cancel the 2015 rates revaluation will see many small struggling businesses forced to pay taxes against 2008 valuations, made near the peak of the property…
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5th November 2012
Government to review empty property rates legislation
The Estates Gazette has revealed that the government could review empty property rates legislation after a freedom of information request showed that the government was spending more than £50…
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1st November 2012
Empty Rates Blow for Scottish Business
Fears that Scottish businesses and landlords would have to suffer the consequences of extra charges were realised yesterday as a controversial measure to charge empty rates on all commercial…
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29th October 2012
Empty Properties and the Risks to Charities linked To Business Rates Relief
Full business rates are due on empty commercial properties that remain unoccupied after three months, six months in the case of industrial properties. However,…
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19th October 2012
Government Deals a blow To Business as It Postpones the Business Rates Revaluation Until 2017
The government has delivered another blow to the struggling economy by postponing the 2015 rate revaluation until 2017. The effect of this will mean all businesses will continue to pay rates based…
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