The UK Co-op Retail Conference is being held in Glasgow. Here's a report on a policy session looking at the #energycrisis, #cybercrime and #businessrates

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The OBR says watering down the inherited farmland tax plan will raise £100m less each year — another Budget U‑turn with real revenue impact.

Pubs and music venues also get softer business rates, costing another £100m. carbonaccountancy.co.uk/resources/

#SpringStatement #BusinessRates

Closed Pubs and the Politics of Nostalgia - Industrial Estate of Mind Why UK pubs are closing: wages, business rates and changing drinking habits explained.

Pubs aren’t just closing because of policy—they’re caught in a deeper shift in how Britain works, spends and socialises.

#UKPolitics #Pubs #Hospitality #Economy #CostOfLiving #BusinessRates #ReformUK #Labour #RegionalInequality #DrinkingCulture

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One in three pharmacies warn of service cuts without urgent funding Thousands of contractors – who represent one in three pharmacies – have warned that pharmacies are ‘at real risk of imminent closure’.

One in three pharmacies warn of service cuts without urgent funding

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#pharmacy #independentpharmacy #funding #businessrates #minimumwage

Deadline for challenging your business rates valuation Request changes to your current valuation for business rates by 31 March. But make sure you leave enough time.

📅 Business owners have until 31 March to request changes to their rates valuation.

If your business rates feel off, there’s still time to challenge your valuation — but the deadline is approaching fast: www.gov.uk/government/n...

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#Food4Thought

Time for #LVT #LandValueTax to replace highly regressive #CouncilTax and #BusinessRates.

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Business rates changes welcomed by pubs and music venues but more reform needed - Bedford Independent At the end of January, the government announced a new support package for pubs and live music venues, including a 15% cut in...

Despite these concessions, Bedford business-owners say there is still more work to be done to support the pub and live music sectors...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #BusinessRates

"CHEF HITS OUT AT 'ABSURD' RATES MOVE"
#RalphBlackburn for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
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#TommyBanks a chef from #Yorkshire says it's "absurd" that #LabourParty hasn't rolled out extra #BusinessRates support.

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Help for pubs with high business rates will not solve the problem The government has blinked and is offering hospitality firms something to help them survive.

The government has blinked on pub business rates — but this is containment, not reform. Low WAGES are killing demand across the High Street.
#Pubs, #BusinessRates, #HospitalityCrisis, #HighStreet, #UKPolitics #PoliticsLive #PMQs
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Quite.

#BusinessRates #bbcpm

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The right thing to do #business #businessrates #pubs

Chancellor expected to announce business rates support for pubs Rachel Reeves' announcement will follow a warning from UKHospitality that the average pub faces paying £7,000 extra in business rates by 2029

Rachel Reeves is expected to today announce a #businessrates support package worth about £100m a year for pubs

Business rates relief for pubs and music venues - Beer Today The government has announced that all pubs and live music venues will benefit from a 15% business rates relief on top of the support announced at Budget 2025

The government has announced that pubs and live music venues will benefit from a 15% business rates relief on top of support announced at Budget 2025 beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/27/b... #businessrates @campaignforpubs.bsky.social @camraofficial.bsky.social @ukhospitality.bsky.social @bbpa.bsky.social

Ministerial statement expected on "business rates" today. Conceivable that this may relate to issues around pubs and revaluation, though no further details currently. Watch this space - around 1pm #businessrates #pubs

For some, the wait for business rates news is over - Beer Today We are waiting. Still waiting. What will the government’s concessions on business rates be for hospitality, retail, and leisure?

We are waiting. Still waiting. What will the government’s concessions on business rates be for hospitality, retail, and leisure? beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/26/b... #pubs #businessrates #breweries

Real concerns that the Government’s U-turn on the #BusinessRatesBetrayal will be a wholly inadequate sticking plaster.

The unfair & dodgy revaluation MUST be scrapped or bills will still spiral.

#Pubs need the promised genuine & PERMANENT reform of unfair & outdated #BusinessRates system.

With pubs and clubs being taxed harder as they disappear, we’re watching British nightlife get hollowed out in real time — not because demand vanished, but because the system stopped working for the people keeping the lights on.
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#NTIA #NTE #BusinessRates

‘We’re not looking for bailouts,’ says pubs boss - Beer Today Pubs don’t want a bailout, they want to be able to trade vibrantly and help to boost the economy, says Chris Jowsey, chief executive of Admiral Taverns

Pubs don’t want a bailout, they want to be able to trade vibrantly and help to boost the economy, says Chris Jowsey, of Admiral Taverns beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/21/p... #pubs #pubnews #businessrates

Rising business rate will push pharmacies to the ‘brink of collapse’ Many pharmacies will be ‘unable to survive’ a rise in business rates and it would limit access to healthcare services, the NPA has warned.

Rising business rate will push pharmacies to the ‘brink of collapse’

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#businessrates #pharmacy #UKpharmacy #retail #business #smallbusiness

Not very often, or ever before, I get quoted in the Times. A shame it’s about the crazy increases in business rates so many indie bookshops are facing this year. #businessrates #indiebookshops @libdemcam.bsky.social

"REEVES' SIGNAL ON EXTENDING PUBS U-TURN CHEERS HOTELS"
@georgewparker.bsky.social / @aarmstrongsays.bsky.social for @financialtimes.com
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Chancellor #RachelReeves has opened the door to epanding her #BusinessRates U-Turn.

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Scottish budget leaves shops ‘worse off than those in England’ The Scottish Retail Consortium says shops have been short-changed on business rates compared with their English counterparts

Scottish retailers short-changed compared with English counterparts

The Scottish Retail Consortium says #businessrates reforms fell short for smaller retailers

Lukewarm reception for Scottish Budget measures - Beer Today Measures announced in the Scottish government's Budget on Tuesday do not go far enough to stop many pubs closing, say trade groups

Measures announced in the Scottish government’s Budget on Tuesday do not go far enough to stop many pubs closing, say trade groups beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/14/s... #pubs #pubnews #scotland #businessrates

Pubs face fresh blow as Rachel Reeves plots £400 million alcohol tax rise Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to increase tax on pints, spirits and wine by inflation-busting 3.66 per cent from February

UK pubs face a fresh blow as Chancellor Rachel Reeves plots a £400 m alcohol duty rise, adding pressure on businesses already hit by rising costs and closures. 🍺📉

#UKPubs #RachelReeves #AlcoholTax #HospitalityCrisis #PubClosures #BusinessRates #CostOfLiving

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“This level of uncertainty is mental torture for thousands.”

Leaked briefings, no policy. Clubs, venues, theatres, bars — not just pubs — face 50–200% rate hikes with no clarity to plan. This isn’t neutral. It’s doing real harm.
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#NTIA #NightTimeEconomy #BusinessRates

Business rate relief should be extended to pharmacies says NPA Any business rate support being offered to pubs should be extended to pharmacy premises, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has said.

Business rate relief should be extended to pharmacies says NPA

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#pubs #businessrates #pharmacy #UKpharmacy #smallbusiness #government

Business briefing: Scottish Budget, Hall & Woodhouse, Heineken - Beer Today Hospitality trade groups have united in a call for a reduction in business rates ahead of today’s Scottish budget

Hospitality trade groups have united in a call for a reduction in business rates ahead of today’s Scottish budget beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/13/b... #hospitality #businessrates #scotland

"PUBLIC PUMPS UP PRESSURE OVER BUSINESS RATES"
#AliLyon for @cityam.bsky.social

British voters are piling pressure on #KeirStarmer, and #LabourParty, to extend #BusinessRates relief for #UnitedKingdom's struggling #HospitalitySector.

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SOURCES: Say there's an "ongoing cabinet-level opposition" to the hike in #BusinessRates, and a number of senior Labour ministers are "not happy about it"!

How low-pay employment policies are killing hospitality and the High Street Take a look at this.

Pubs aren’t failing because people don’t care — they’re failing because Britain’s low-pay economic model drains spending power from communities. Watch the clip in this article to understand.
#BusinessRates #HighStreet #Hospitality #LowPayEconomy #UKPolitics
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