23 Nov, 2023 AUTUMN STATEMENT: BUSINESS RATES SET TO INCREASE FROM APRIL 2024 By Josh Myerson Chris Morrow In his Autumn Statement of 22nd November, the Chancellor announced 110 measures for economic growth whilst delivering on aims to reduce...
30 Oct, 2023 SUMMARISING THE NEW NON-DOMESTIC RATING ACT 2023 By Richard Wackett Ratepayers (including both owners and occupiers) should be aware of new legislation as it will affect both liabilities and the ‘red-tape’...
25 Oct, 2023 WHAT MIGHT YOU PAY NEXT YEAR IN BUSINESS RATES? By Josh Myerson This week, the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) figure was announced, holding steady at 6.7%. But what might you, as a business owner...
03 Oct, 2023 BUSINESS RATES AVOIDANCE AND EVASION CONSULTATION - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW By Josh Myerson Did you know that in 2023/24, the UK Government plans to award over £1 billion in Empty Property Rate Relief (EPR)? However, changes that...
18 Jul, 2023 WORKING IN RATING ADVISORY: A CONVERSATION WITH OUR CHARTERED SURVEYORS By Benjamin Pain Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with three talented surveyors in our Rating Advisory team - Dale Beckley, Jack Webber, and...
21 Nov, 2022 CHANGES TO BUSINESS RATES UNDERWAY IN SCOTLAND By Steven Dalton Unlike England & Wales at the 2017 Revaluation, the Scottish rates system witnessed little change: there was no Check Challenge Appeal...
17 Nov, 2022 AUTUMN STATEMENT - THE IMPACT ON REVALUATION IN 2023 By Josh Myerson Today saw the Chancellor announce the autumn statement, which predictably focused on tax increases and spending cuts. Businesses may have...
04 Oct, 2022 SIX MONTHS UNTIL THE END OF APPEAL RIGHTS ON THE 2017 RATING LIST By Annabelle Wilkins What does this mean for you? If you are a ratepayer, you have six months to appeal against your 2017 rateable value. Your 2017 valuations...
28 Oct, 2021 WHAT DOES THE AUTUMN STATEMENT 2021 MEAN FOR BUSINESS RATES? By Josh Myerson Whilst the Chancellor of the Exchequer did leave some questions unanswered yesterday in the Autumn Statement regarding reform, he made it...
20 Oct, 2021 BUSINESS RATES CHANGES IN THE AUTUMN BUDGET 2021 By Josh Myerson Ratepayers should be sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting to hear what the Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce next...
29 Sep, 2021 FORMULATING CIL MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN AN ASSET REPURPOSING WORLD By Sam Stackhouse Josh Myerson Will Seamer It has now been a little over one year since the revolutionary reforms to the planning system were first prescribed in the Planning for...
28 Sep, 2021 LABOUR CONFERENCE - BUSINESS RATES CHANGES By Josh Myerson Another annual party conference brings with it yet another commitment to scrap the business rates system. This week it was the turn of...