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Mar- 2019 -1 MarchGovernment
Business rates appeals drop under ‘complicated’ system
Businesses are struggling with the new ‘check challenge appeal’ (CCA) business rates appeals system, according to rating experts at Colliers…
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Feb- 2019 -28 FebruaryAnalysis
How can small businesses prepare for Brexit?
Unfortunately one of the most significant problems regarding Brexit is the uncertainty. It was in 1973 that the UK, along…
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Dec- 2018 -20 DecemberGovernment
MPs launch inquiry into business rates
The Treasury select committee has launched an inquiry into business rates as part of the Housing, Communities and Local Government…
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10 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Mike Ashley’s Flannels given £125k rates relief despite £65m turnover
Mike Ashley’s high end fashion chain Flannels has been handed £125,000 in business rates “help” by a local council amid…
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5 DecemberGovernment
Government clarifies details of new business rates relief
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published guidance on the details of how business rates discounts…
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4 DecemberDepartment Stores
‘Tax the internet for the good of the high street’, Mike Ashley tells MPs
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has said online businesses should be taxed 20% in as soon as six months to…
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3 DecemberDepartment Stores
House of Fraser Manchester store saved from closure
The House of Fraser Kendal’s store in Manchester has been rescued from closure, saving roughly 570 jobs. New terms have…
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Nov- 2018 -23 November
Amazon responds amid Black Friday warehouse protests
Amazon has responded to claims made by workers’ union GMB calling working conditions “inhumane” as “simply wrong”, as employees from…
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Oct- 2018 -10 OctoberComment
How businesses can prepare themselves for trading following a no-deal Brexit
It should come as no surprise that the Government would leave establishing trade strategy within the EU, post-Brexit, up to…
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4 OctoberHigh Street
3,200 stores ‘disappear’ from high street in four years
The number of physical shops in the UK has fallen by almost 3,200 over the past four years, down 1.2%…
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