Business Rates

City centres ‘must break reliance’ on retail, says think tank

Too many city centres across England and Wales are over-dependent on retail, and must swap shops for offices, housing and…

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Colliers proposes new property leasing approach to target UK retail troubles

A “radical approach” to property leasing is being proposed to help shopping environments throughout the UK by property consultants Colliers…

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Calvetron Brands to shut 102 Jacques Vert and Precis concessions

Benjamin Wiles, Trevor Birch and Philip Duffy of Duff & Phelps, joint administrators to Calvetron Brands, have announced they are…

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Almost 133,000 business rates appeals from 2010 still remain unresolved

More than 133,000 businesses are still waiting for an appeal of their business rates valuation from 2010 to be resolved,…

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Retail footfall returns to high street

High street footfall increased to 0.5% in May according to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. According to the…

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Tesco CEO blames business rates for decline of the high street

Dave Lewis the CEO of Tesco has said that business rates have played a “large part” in the decline of…

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Over 10,000 stores predicted to close in 2018, analysts say

A new report from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has predicted that 2018 will be the worst year on…

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34 Carluccio’s restaurants to close after it announces CVA

Italian restaurant chain Carluccio’s has announced it is to close 34 restaurants as part of a recently announced company voluntary…

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The death of the UK high street

The high street as we know it is dead. Boring stores are dead. Or if they are not dead yet,…

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Number of retail jobs falls in first quarter

The number of full time jobs in UK retail has fallen by 2.5% compared with the same time last year,…

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