Rateable Values

Opinion

Pubs with rateable value above £51k are being penalised

08-Apr-2020 By Phil Dixon, trade adviser

When you have advised and represented publicans for four decades, you think you have experienced difficult times: recessions, floods, foot and mouth, Chernobyl fallout, draymen’s strikes... but a worldwide pandemic that closes all UK pubs is, sadly, just...

Chancellor warned business rates could 'paralyse' pubs

13-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

Pubs are in danger of being 'paralysed' by new business rates, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has warned after writing to the Chancellor calling for rates reform.

Scottish pubs struggling with legislative burdens

18-Jan-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Drink-driving legislation and rising business rates are the biggest challenges facing pubs in Scotland, new research from the Scottish Licensed Trade Association has revealed.

Demand for fair business rates

26-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Last week, more than 100 companies, including leading firms in the pub trade, signed an open letter calling for an overhaul of the business rates system. They labelled the tax as a “critical problem” that is “no longer fit for the 21st century”. Ahead...

One in 11 pubs appeals rates

04-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna

One in 11 pubs in England and Wales have already appealed against their new business rates assessments. Almost 5,000 appeals against new rateable...

Pubs urged to check business rate bills

09-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore

Pubs are being urged to check their rateable values before the new tariff takes effect at the start of next month. Business rate bills are expected...

Pubs urged to check rateable values now

09-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Pubs should check the details of their rateable values now, before new bills come out at the start of April, warns the Valuation Office Agency (VOA)....

Punch: 'beware of ratings rogues'

29-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Punch has warned licensees of rogue traders who guarantee large reductions in rateable values and offer to carry out business rates appeals.

Pledge to help over rates rises

29-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Licensees facing massive hikes in their business rates are to be helped through the appeals process by trade bodies. The newly-formed Independent...

Sky to review pricing structure

28-Sep-2009

Sky is consulting the pub trade with a view to changing its pricing structure. The controversial current system, based on pubs' rateable values, has...

Uproar as Sky fees jump 12%

14-Jul-2005

by Graham Ridout Licensees have reacted angrily to the news that Sky subscription rates are to rise 12% more than four times the rate of inflation....

Licensing fees: Off the scale

26-Jan-2005

The licensing fees are higher than expected, as Tom Sandham reports.After some all too familiar procrastinating, the government finally announced the...

In the confession box'

08-May-2003

I was speaking at a dinner last month sponsored by Sky TV. They put the price of the meal up in between courses! Okay, so it's a cheap shot. But when...