Healey Lifts Business Rates Threshold to £18,000 in Autumn Budget

Minimum wage rise will drive up food prices, Healey warned

Rates relief for small businesses in Budget

Drapers Rates relief for small businesses in Budget Chancellor John Healey delivered his first Budget today (28 October), outlining plans to increase the rates relief for small businesses, increase the minimum wage and map out the route to "fiscal devolution".

Healey lifts business rates threshold to £18,000 in Autumn Budget

Chancellor John Healey has increased the business rates relief threshold to £18,000 and raised the minimum wage to £13.20 in the Autumn Budget.

John Healey lifts business rates threshold to £18,000

Chancellor John Healey has raised the business rates relief threshold to £18,000 and cut CGT relief to fund energy support in the Autumn Budget.

Autumn Budget: Business rates relief rises as minimum wage tops £13, fuel duty cut extended

Convenience retailers in England face a mixed picture from Chancellor John Healey’s Autumn Budget announced today (Oct 28), with a higher business rates relief threshold offering potential savings, but a 3.9 per cent increase in the National Living Wage adding to staffing costs. Healey also extended the 5p-a-litre fuel duty cut until July, providing continued support for retailers and households facing high fuel prices.Raising the business rates…

Budget reaction: Business rates threshold rise a major win for local shops

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has hailed the increase in the small business rate relief threshold as a major win for local shops, taking thousands of small convenience stores out of paying business rates altogether. At the Budget, chancellor John Healey announced that the… This story continues at Budget reaction: Business rates threshold rise a major win for local shops Or just read more coverage at Talking Retail