The government knew what they were doing. The removal of the business rate subsidy was last years budget, I mentioned it at the time as a ticking time bomb. And they have added a new levy ontop for a… (View Post)

Rateable value on one of my pubs has gone from £49,000 to £205,000. That’s a 318% increase! I thought the government were helping hospitality out on business rates. This is nothing short of another a… (View Post)

Given his lack of foot movement little chance he does himself a knee injury..... (View Post)

Slow motion car crash in hospitality... Just looking at rateable value changes on the widget. Real life examples: An Amazon warehouse - 6.4% increase A hotel near London - 41% increase A pub in North… (View Post)

The government past and present seem to have totally lost understanding of small and medium businesses, instead so often changes are focused on how that will effect mega corp plc. Quite rightly the g… (View Post)