Scottish retailers urge Government to lower business rates

Growing call for retail business rates cut

Scottish Retail Consortium joined by five major city organisations David Lonsdale is asking Shona Robison to take action to help Scottish retailers. (Robison image: flickr.com/Scottish Government.) THE Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has been joined by five city Business Improvement Districts in calling on the Scottish Government to introduce a permanent business rate discount for all shopping, hospitality and leisure premises. The plea comes a…

Scottish retailers urge Government to lower business rates

Scottish retail industry representative groups have called on the MPs to deliver a permanent business rate discount. This request comes ahead of the Scottish Government’s Budget announcement, which is set…

Welsh retailers urge government to drop planned business rates surtax

Retail representative groups in Wales have asked the Welsh government to abandon plans for a new business rates surtax on the sector.The post Welsh retailers urge government to drop planned business rates surtax   appeared first on Retail Insight Network.

Retail, hospitality and leisure call for business rate discount

Five leading groups representing different industries have united to urge MSPs to deliver a permanent business rate discount across retail, hospitality and leisure. The collective call comes ahead of the unveiling of the Scottish Government’s Budget on the 13th of January and in the wake of the UK Budget, which introduced a permanent business rate discount for retail, hospitality, and leisure premises in England. The five organisations represent…