US EditionMinisters Face Calls to Expand Business Rate Relief Beyond Pubs as U-Turn Looms
The Treasury will offer targeted relief to pubs facing a 76% average business rates increase, while calls grow to extend support across the wider hospitality and retail sectors.
- The UK Treasury is preparing a targeted relief package for the pub industry, due to be announced in the coming days following an outcry over a major hike in business rates.
- The increase is driven by property revaluations and removal of Covid-era discounts, prompting ministers to commission work with Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson leading discussions.
- Trade bodies pressed for broader hospitality relief as UKHospitality figures show hotels in England face a 115% rise by 2030 versus 76% for pubs, while the National Pharmacy Association warned of a 140% increase.
- The sector's welcome was matched by opposition scepticism as Emma McClarkin said publicans can `breathe a huge sigh of relief`, while critics called the move `too little too late`.
- High-Street groups urged ministers to widen relief beyond pubs, warning piecemeal responses cannot save town centres and calling for `fundamental reform` beyond a `temporary sticking plaster solution aimed at just one sector`.
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Ministers face calls to expand business rate relief beyond pubs as U-turn looms
Trade bodies said ‘piecemeal responses’ will not ‘save our high streets’.
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