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25 May 21
The UK’s “de facto” flagship industrial policy “appears to have completely failed” to encourage research and development spending, a group of Cambridge academics have found.
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14 May 21
Consultation shows support for online sales tax, but briefing raises questions over appetite for change.
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30 Apr 21
A government programme hoped to address long-term problems facing the UK economy is too focused on how much it spends, rather than the results it achieves, MPs have said.
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5 Mar 21
The government has confirmed it will triple the cap for Covid-19 business grants administered by local authorities as it moves away from European Union state aid rules.
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4 Feb 21
Councils must be compensated if they are to comply with a new call by government to delay business rates billing, according to CIPFA.
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3 Feb 21
Lincolnshire County Council is set to use £12m of its reserves to fund additional business support help small firms in the area.
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29 Jan 21
This week, PF revealed that the Valuation Office Agency has halted talks over business rates rebates for offices – but the government could still face a bill of £500m to compensate councils for lost...
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6 Jan 21
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5 Jan 21
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a grant funding package worth up to £4.6bn to be allocated by councils, to help keep businesses in Britain afloat following the third national lockdown.
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3 Dec 20
Two experts give their views on whether local authorities should be worried about future of city centres following Covid-19.
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29 Oct 20
Councils face a massive rise in business rates appeals, which have reached around 1,000 a day as a result of Covid-19, according to real estate firm Colliers.
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15 Oct 20
Liverpool City Region is to launch a £10m emergency fund in a bid to protect hospitality and leisure businesses from the economic impact of new Covid-19 restrictions.
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7 Oct 20
As much as £26bn paid out under the government-backed Bounce Back Loan Scheme could be lost to fraud or default, according to the National Audit Office.
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27 Jul 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering implementing an online sales tax as the government seeks alternatives to business rates, according to reports.
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6 Jul 20
The government has announced it is to allocate £1.57bn in grants and loans to museums, galleries, theatres, independent cinemas, heritage sites and music venues, in a bid to offset the financial...
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21 May 20
The government has announced it will quadruple the size of loans available through the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme from £50m to £200m.
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14 May 20
UK GDP contracted by 2% in the first quarter of this year, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, according to statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
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7 May 20
The government has postponed the business rate revaluation by a year due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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30 Mar 20
The coronavirus pandemic is on course to cause the deepest recession in the UK since the financial crisis of 2008, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
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18 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak has expanded the 100% business rates holiday to all leisure, retail and hospitality businesses, as he updated the Treasury's coronavirus package.
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12 Mar 20
Another fundamental review of business rates has been announced by the Treasury.
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27 Jan 20
Thousands of pubs in the UK will be given a business rates discount of £1,000 from April, the government has announced.
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3 Dec 19
The number of outstanding business rates challenges jumped by 35% over a three-month period - from 9,260 in at the end of June 2019 to 12,580 by the end of September 2019, official figures have shown...
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20 Nov 19
Local authority revenue from business rates has risen for a fifth consecutive year amid political leaders’ pledges to overhaul the system.
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18 Nov 19
Boris Johnson’s pledge to review and cut business rates “clearly” poses a risk to local government revenue, PF has been told.
25 May 21The UK’s “de facto” flagship industrial policy “appears to have completely failed” to encourage research and development spending, a group of Cambridge academics have found.
14 May 21Consultation shows support for online sales tax, but briefing raises questions over appetite for change.
5 Mar 21The government has confirmed it will triple the cap for Covid-19 business grants administered by local authorities as it moves away from European Union state aid rules.
4 Feb 21Councils must be compensated if they are to comply with a new call by government to delay business rates billing, according to CIPFA.
3 Feb 21Lincolnshire County Council is set to use £12m of its reserves to fund additional business support help small firms in the area.
29 Jan 21This week, PF revealed that the Valuation Office Agency has halted talks over business rates rebates for offices – but the government could still face a bill of £500m to compensate councils for lost...
6 Jan 21
5 Jan 21Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a grant funding package worth up to £4.6bn to be allocated by councils, to help keep businesses in Britain afloat following the third national lockdown.
3 Dec 20Two experts give their views on whether local authorities should be worried about future of city centres following Covid-19.
15 Oct 20Liverpool City Region is to launch a £10m emergency fund in a bid to protect hospitality and leisure businesses from the economic impact of new Covid-19 restrictions.
7 Oct 20As much as £26bn paid out under the government-backed Bounce Back Loan Scheme could be lost to fraud or default, according to the National Audit Office.
27 Jul 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering implementing an online sales tax as the government seeks alternatives to business rates, according to reports.
6 Jul 20The government has announced it is to allocate £1.57bn in grants and loans to museums, galleries, theatres, independent cinemas, heritage sites and music venues, in a bid to offset the financial...
12 Mar 20Another fundamental review of business rates has been announced by the Treasury.
27 Jan 20Thousands of pubs in the UK will be given a business rates discount of £1,000 from April, the government has announced.
3 Dec 19The number of outstanding business rates challenges jumped by 35% over a three-month period - from 9,260 in at the end of June 2019 to 12,580 by the end of September 2019, official figures have shown...
20 Nov 19Local authority revenue from business rates has risen for a fifth consecutive year amid political leaders’ pledges to overhaul the system.
18 Nov 19Boris Johnson’s pledge to review and cut business rates “clearly” poses a risk to local government revenue, PF has been told.
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