Tag: business rates
SRC urges more local councils to act on business rates relief
The Scottish Retail Consortium has called on more local authorities to act to reduce business rates in their...
SRC asks Chancellor for a shoppers’ budget
The Scottish and British Retail Consortiums are looking to the Chancellor's upcoming Budget for action to support consumer...
Last chance to appeal rating assessments
With the September 30 appeal deadline looming large, Scottish ratepayers are being warned of the need to seek...
2 minutes of your time: David Lonsdale
As Scotland undertakes to reform its business rates system, the Barclay Review offers key insight into how that...
Finance Secretary embraces rates reform
The Scottish Government will seek to implement the “vast majority” of the Barclay Review's 30 recommendations for overhauling...
When costs keep rising, something has to give
It’s a simple fact that the cost of doing business just keeps on rising in local retailing, and...
Coping with the rising cost of doing business
With a perfect storm of constantly rising costs and constantly falling margins, more and more retailers are finding...
Rates standing in the way of growth?
Fresh indicators place Scotland near the top of the ‘room for retail growth’ charts. Yet the continuing issue...
SGF welcomes retailer-friendly budget proposals
Scottish Grocers Federation has broadly welcomed several key measures announced in the Scottish government’s draft budget for 2017-2018....
Take c-stores out of business rates, urges SGF
The Scottish Grocers Federation has called for more small businesses – including convenience store retailers – to be...