If your business pays rates, then there are a number of initiatives coming into place to help you get through the Coronavirus challenge. In particular, businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors will be eligible for a Business Rates holiday and for a one-off grant of either £10,000 or £25,000. Here we’ve answered the…
Find out how Hotel and Leisure businesses can keep on top of their cash-flow in the face of Coronavirus. All across the country, pubs, bars, restaurants and other leisure businesses are having to shut up shop, or drastically curtail their operations. One of the biggest challenges this throws up is cash flow. Although the government…
The Cabinet Secretary and First Minister have both confirmed that all the Barnett consequentials arising from the business support measures in England will be passed on to support businesses in Scotland. There had been hope that rates relief would be extended to other sectors beyond the hospitality sector, including retail and leisure, but this is not the…
As announced in the Chancellor’s Budget; £700m expected to flow to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the decisions announced in Wednesday’s Budget at Westminster to help the economy through the crisis Rishi Sunak’s Budget raised expectations that Kate Forbes would follow his lead in Scotland, on support for business and a hardship fund through councils…
Introduction Welcome to Graham + Sibbald’s latest Rating Newsletter of 2019, providing an update on Rating appeals and financial changes affecting commercial ratepayers. Business Rates (also known as Non-Domestic Rates) are a tax on non-domestic properties to help pay for local Council Services. Each year the amount you pay in Business Rates will be increased…
Business Rates, also known as Non-Domestic Rates, are a tax on non-domestic properties to help pay for local Council Services. Each year the amount you pay in Business Rates will be increased by inflation. The current Business Rates Revaluation took place as from 1st April 2017 and the new Rateable Values will remain in effect…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his Spring Statement on 13th March 2018 that the next Business Rates Revaluation in England and Wales will be brought forward from 2022 to 2021. This has come as somewhat of a surprise since the Business Rates Revaluations were changing to 3 yearly from 2022 in any case….
Introduction The Finance Secretary, Derek Mackay, outlined new proposals in his previous Budget and the statutory instruments have now been prepared on the changes which will be implemented as from 1 April 2018 and beyond. The budget, with the support of the Green Party, has now been passed with further finance being available to the…
Under Fresh Start relief, businesses occupying long-term empty properties may be entitled to a 100% business rates discount for their first year in those premises. Eligibility criteria includes; You started occupying the property on or after 1st April 2018 and the property had previously been empty for at least six months When last occupied, the…
Growth Accelerator relief is granted under the terms of The Non Domestic Rates (New and Improved Properties) (Scotland) Regulations 2018. From 1st April 2018 rate relief can be awarded to properties newly entered on the valuation roll (new builds) and to properties that have had improvements carried out. Eligibility criteria includes; New entry property: the…
