Taxation in the united kingdom

Autumn Budget 2017

Pubs' £1,000 business rates discount extended in Autumn Budget

22-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The £1,000 business rates relief for pubs with a rateable value under £100,000 will be continued for another year, until March 2019, it has been announced.

Publican's petition to cap business rates reaches 1,000 signatures

20-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

A national petition to cap business rates, set up by a publican who would need to sell 22,000 extra pints a year to cover the rise in his rateable value, has reached more than 1,000 signatures.

ALMR reacts to 'shocking' drop in hospitality jobs

16-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The ALMR has called on the Government once again to "take action" and support the hospitality sector after figures show job creation in the sector has fallen.

Rates relief

Government list shines light on progress for pubs rates relief

20-Oct-2017 By Claire Churchard

Pubs still waiting for business rates relief can now check if their council has started distributing the money as the Government has published a progress list.

Exclusive

BII chairman’s concerns for pub industry after this year's 'exceptional summer'

28-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The chairman of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has warned pubs of the potential “quick downturn” in sales after this year’s “exceptional summer” – which will show the full impact of rising costs within the trade.

Pubs in line to save £40m thanks to a business rates tax cut

17-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Proposals to change the indexation for business rates calculations could save pubs and restaurants £40m in the first three years of the change, according to rates experts.

Pub closures predicted as business rates 'set to soar'

27-Jun-2017 By Fred A'Court

There will be a tsunami of pub closures if a promised rates discount payments scheme to protect them isn't extended, a leading specialist company predicts.

Stop using pubs as ‘cash cows’, reform business rates now, says ALMR

20-Jun-2017 By Fred A'Court

The Government should push ahead with a wholesale root and branch reform of the rates system that was promised at this year’s Spring Budget and during election campaigning, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has said in a letter to...

Don’t forget business rates pledges ahead of election, ALMR tells minister

24-Apr-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has called on the Government to “stick to its promises” for pub rates relief after communities secretary Sajid Javid said business rates reforms were not a “priority issue”.

'We won’t have any pubs left' warns licensee facing 'killer' rates hike

15-Mar-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

A top gastropub operator has told of his despair upon learning his thriving pub’s business rates charges will increase by 300% over the next two years.

Chancellor ditches national insurance hikes for self-employed

15-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

The Chancellor has backtracked on plans to increase national insurance contributions (NICs) paid by self-employed people, which if implemented would have affected the majority of freehold and tenanted-pub operators.

National insurance hike to affect significant number of licensees

13-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

Changes to national insurance contributions, announced in last week’s Budget, could cost licensees almost £700 a year more from April 2019, a legal expert has warned.

Chancellor’s £1,000 rates discount will ‘save 25% of pubs’

13-Mar-2017 By Claire Churchard

The £1,000 business rates discount, unveiled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week, could be the difference between survival and closing down for 25% of small independent pubs, according to a snap poll of 100 sites.

Spring Budget: £1,000 discount for pubs gets mixed reactions

08-Mar-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The Chancellor’s £1,000 business rate discount for the majority of pubs in the UK in 2017 has met with mixed reactions from industry bodies.

MP's request for pub tax debate denied

02-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

Budget will provide opportunity to raise questions over the way pubs are taxed, says the leader of the House of Commons.

Trade bodies strengthen calls for rates relief and reform

01-Mar-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and the Association for Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) have intensified calls for business rate relief for pubs.

Business rates revaluation: furore over rises

27-Feb-2017 By Claire Churchard

With pubs facing a perfect storm of rising costs, the prospect of unprecedented hikes in rates bills has released a wave of resentment among licensees, some of whom are fearful for the future of their businesses.

Licensees 'holding off taking any action' over rates uncertainty

27-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

Confusion over whether pubs will be entitled to transitional business rates relief has meant that licensees do not know what action to take from April.

Greg Mulholland tables early day motion on business rates

23-Feb-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Liberal Democrat MP and pub campaigner Greg Mulholland has tabled an early day motion (EDM) calling for the Government to take action to cap controversial business rates rises for pubs and restaurants.

Government considers ‘further support' for rates-hit businesses

23-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

Communities minister Sajid Javid has told MPs that he will work with the Chancellor to provide “further support” for businesses worst hit by rate rises due in April.

Industry unites to lead battle for business rates reform

17-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman

A unified front led by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) and British Pub Confederation (BPC) chair, Greg Mulholland, is set to fight for fairer business rates for licensees.

Business rates

Restaurant and pub senior executives call on PM to help industry

19-Dec-2016 By Michelle Perrett

More than 20 chief executives of restaurant and pub groups have urged the Prime Minister Theresa May to help the sector by considering a VAT cut, extending transitional relief on business rates and reducing the national insurance burden.

Business rates

Pubs minister: ‘13,000 pubs potentially eligible for 100% small-business rate relief’

30-Nov-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Pubs minister Andrew Percy has revealed that 13,000 pubs could be eligible for complete small-business rate relief, following the Autumn Statement.

Autumn Statement

Save the Pub Group demands beer duty freeze should be kept

22-Nov-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, to maintain the freeze on beer duty, ahead of his first Autumn Statement tomorrow (23 November).

Business rates

Operators urged to ‘check, challenge and appeal’ business rates

17-Nov-2016 By Nicole Sutton

BNP Paribas Real Estate urged delegates at the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailer’s (ALMR) Autumn Conference to be aware of their rights when it comes to business rates.

Trade associations call on Chancellor to help pub sector

14-Nov-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Trade associations have written to the Chancellor Philip Hammond calling on him to take action to support the pub industry in his Autumn Statement on 23 November.

Business rates

Quarter of pubs face business rates hike in 'disastrous' revaluation

30-Sep-2016 By Oli Gross

A quarter of pubs are likely to see their business rates increase if Government proposals are approved, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has warned.

Trade bodies call for fairer business rates

11-Jul-2016 By Oli Gross

As a Government business rates consultation comes to a close, trade bodies have called for reforms to make the system fairer for licensees, and support a move to more frequent revaluations of rates.

Rural business rates

'We shouldn't be paying': Councils urged to use business rates powers

16-Jun-2016 By Oli Gross

Pressure is mounting on local councils to use their powers to help small rural pubs reduce their business rates, after revelations urban equivalents are benefiting from favourable discounts.

Legislation

Queen's speech outlines new laws affecting pubs

18-May-2016 By Oli Gross

The Queen confirmed the Government’s intention to devolve powers to councils in her speech today, with local authorities' retention of business rates set to be enshrined by legislation.

Licensed Trade Charity

Guidance: Could you benefit from tax credits?

29-Apr-2016 By Oli Gross

New guidance on tax credits for people working in pubs has been launched by the Licensed Trade Charity.

Mixed reaction to business rates relief

24-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Chancellor George Osborne’s alterations to business rates in his latest Budget has been welcomed by some in the industry but others think a complete overhaul of the system is needed to ease the ever-increasing tax burden on pubs. Emily Sutherland reports

Comment

BBPA's Simmonds: The Budget was another positive result for pubs

18-Mar-2016 By Chief executive of the BBPA, Brigid Simmonds

So, it was a freeze, and not an unprecedented fourth cut in beer duty.

Budget

Budget 2016: Reduced business rates for 75% of pubs

16-Mar-2016 By Oli Gross

In today's Budget George Osborne announced changes to business rates which will benefit an estimated 75% of pubs, the BBPA claims.

Legislation

Autumn Statement reaction: Punitive tax hike risks endangering livelihoods

25-Nov-2015 By Oli Gross

As George Osborne unveiled Government's spending plans, it was what he didn’t say that grabbed the trade’s attention.

Autumn Statement: £1,500 extra pub tax labelled "catastrophic"

25-Nov-2015 By Oli Gross

Despite George Osborne's extension of small business rate relief for another year in the autumn spending review, the majority of pubs could see a £1,500 tax increase.

Pubs paying second highest business rates bill in UK

23-Nov-2015 By Emily Sutherland

British pubs are carrying one of the heaviest tax burdens in the UK economy according to a new report from Oxford Economics, paying six times more than justified.

Legislation

Demand for fairer deal on rates

19-Nov-2015 By Mike Berry

Industry bodies have joined forces to demand a fairer deal for pubs on business rates in next week’s Autumn Statement.

Caution over business rates revise

19-Oct-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The trade has given George Osborne’s shake-up of business rates a cautious welcome, despite some fears that squeezed councils will use pubs as ‘cash cows’ to generate extra income.

Queen's Speech outlines legislative changes for pub owners

27-May-2015 By Oli Gross

The Queen outlined government plans which will impact pub owners in her speech today (27 May). She described measures to help small businesses and those on low incomes, while creating apprentices.

'Quite simply, we are a pub-going nation' - Cameron talks to PMA

30-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser spoke exclusively to Prime Minister David Cameron before the election about his record on pubs and what licensees can expect from a future Conservative government.

Majority of firms support locally-set business rates

02-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

More than two-thirds of UK businesses agree that councils should be able to set business rates locally, a national poll has revealed.

Autumn Statement: Chancellor extends business rates support for pubs

03-Dec-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Chancellor George Osborne has promised to double small business rate relief (SBRR) for another year and increase high street discounts on rates by 50% to £1,500.

Better Rates for Pubs: Trade calls for action from Chancellor over business rates

20-Nov-2014 By Mike Berry

A coalition of trade bodies — as well as the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) — has called on the Chancellor to give further support to the pub sector through business rates reform in next month’s Autumn Statement.

Business rate revaluation date set for 1 April 2015

07-Nov-2014 By Mike Berry

The Government has announced that business rates assessments from 2017 onwards will be based on a property’s rental value on 1 April 2015.

Pubs to face £350 business rates hike unless multiplier is frozen, warns BBPA

14-Oct-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned that each pub could face a £350 hike in its business rates bill if the Government does not announce a freeze in the tax multiplier in December's Autumn Statement.

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...

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