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Wholesale reform of business rates ‘shelved until later date’

14 October 2021 by

Wholesale reform of the business rates system has been “shelved until a later date”, according to a report in The Telegraph today.

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Hospitality overpaying business rates by £2.4b every year

25 August 2021 by

UKHospitality and the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) have said they support government proposals to increase the frequency of business rates evaluations to three-yearly revaluations, but have stressed that it cannot come at the cost of extra reporting, restrictions on[...]

Hospitality trade bodies call for business rates holiday extension in England News

Hospitality trade bodies call for business rates holiday extension in England

19 April 2021 by

Hospitality trade bodies are calling for the government to extend the business rates holiday for at[...]

New rates relief fund could help supply chain – but Covid appeals ruled out News

New rates relief fund could help supply chain – but Covid appeals ruled out

26 March 2021 by

The government has announced a £1.5b business rates relief fund that could be made available to[...]

UKHospitality warns cap on business rates relief will jeopardise industry's recovery News

UKHospitality warns cap on business rates relief will jeopardise industry's recovery

24 March 2021 by

UKHospitality has warned a cap on the amount of business rates relief which can be claimed[...]

Northern Ireland extends rates holiday for 12 months News

Northern Ireland extends rates holiday for 12 months

12 March 2021 by

Finance minister Conor Murphy has announced that the business rates holiday in Northern Ireland will be[...]

Six things to look out for in Rishi Sunak’s Budget today for hospitality News

Six things to look out for in Rishi Sunak’s Budget today for hospitality

03 March 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to confirm today what measures he will put in place to protect the UK economy and hospitality businesses.

Calls for hospitality Budget support backed by more than 80 MPs News

Calls for hospitality Budget support backed by more than 80 MPs

01 March 2021

More than 80 cross-party MPs are urging the chancellor to provide decisive financial support to protect the hospitality sector and for the VAT cut, business rates holiday and furlough scheme to be extended.

Jason Atherton and Chantelle Nicholson back campaign calling on chancellor to save hospitality News

Jason Atherton and Chantelle Nicholson back campaign calling on chancellor to save hospitality

26 February 2021 by

Calls are mounting for the chancellor to support hospitality in his Budget next week, including a[...]

Operators optimistic about sector’s long-term future – but urgent support needed for survival News

Operators optimistic about sector’s long-term future – but urgent support needed for survival

25 February 2021 by

Hospitality leaders are optimistic about the long-term future of the sector and its role in the[...]

Business rates review delayed until the autumn News

Business rates review delayed until the autumn

19 February 2021 by

The government has announced that the final report on its business rates review will now be[...]

Pressure grows on Rishi Sunak as Scotland proposes year-long rates holiday News

Pressure grows on Rishi Sunak as Scotland proposes year-long rates holiday

16 February 2021 by

Hospitality and leisure businesses in Scotland will pay no business rates for 2021-2022 under proposals outlined[...]

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