empty rates
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Extend empty buildings rates relief, BPF tells chancellor
Only a handful of properties are relet within three months
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MPs call for ban on ‘box shifting’ business rates loophole
The loophole leads to around £250m of avoidance each year
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Empty rates clampdown is ‘cuckoo’
Civil servants working on the consultation “don’t live in the real world”, says Colliers’ John Webber
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Property guardian rate relief schemes under focus at Court of Appeal
If a local authority’s appeal is successful, it could bring an end to rates mitigation measure
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Property guardian rate relief schemes under focus at Court of Appeal
If a local authority’s appeal is successful, it could bring an end to rates mitigation measure
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Altus Group celebrates ‘timely victory’ on empty rates
Altus says the win builds on its track record in applying the Supreme Court’s judgment in Monk
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Court of Appeal hands empty rates ‘lifeline’ to property owners
Court sides with ratepayers over local authorities in a test case battle.
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Barratt offloads Aberdeen empty rates liability
Largely vacant office tower that attracts a large empty rates bill sold for just £20,000
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How meanwhile use is the best affordable option
There weren’t many parties marking the 10th birthday of empty rates regulations earlier this year. But the widely despised policy has not been entirely without an upside: it has forced…