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BUSINESS RATES

White Van Man on... business rates

06 February 2019

So there goes HMV and all them other stores that can’t scrape a living anymore on the high street.

WHITEHALL

Business rates inquiry launched by MPs

By Martin Ford | 01 February 2019

MPs are to look at alternatives to business rates as part of an inquiry.

FINANCE

Let's work as one sector on fair funding

By Jill Penn | 30 January 2019

Jill Penn says we're nearing the time when we will be discussing the next part of the fair fundin...

FINANCE

Lords warn services face 'evisceration' without radical change

By Martin Ford | 25 January 2019

Lords have warned ministers of the ‘evisceration’ of local government unless funding is overhauled.

FINANCE

Sunak calls for prevention funding

By Martin Ford | 16 January 2019

A minister has promised to press for more money for preventative services in the Government’s Spe...

FINANCE

As finance experts we need to stand firm in what we believe is right

By John Betts | 16 January 2019

John Betts' new year wish for finance staff is that the profession reinvigorates itself and start...

FINANCE

Fair funding: no simple solutions

By Martin Reeves | 08 January 2019

At best, the fair funding review will bring short-term improvements for some councils while pushi...

WHITEHALL

VOA to appeal cash machines ruling

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2018

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) wants to appeal to the Supreme Court after a judge ruled shop-b...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Court of Appeal Faraday Judgment: An amber light for unprocured development joint ventures

By Kavita Roy | 04 December 2018

The Faraday judgment does not mean that councils cannot proceed with unprocured development schem...

BUSINESS

Tax the internet to save high street, retail bosses tell MPs

By Martin Ford | 03 December 2018

The reform of business rates is essential to saving high streets, the country’s top retailers hav...

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