17th February 2020
More than 50 British retailers have written to the Chancellor’s office with a simple message to government – ‘help us, or kill the high street’. Bosses from Marks & Spencer, Superdrug, Morrisons, Debenhams, Boots, Greggs […]
16th September 2019
Retailers and trade unions have called on the government to pass urgent legislation to boost the high street after new data reveals that shops, pubs and restaurants are closing at a dramatic rate. Analysis by […]
20th August 2019
More than 50 British retailers have called on the government to fix the ‘broken’ business rates system. The group, which includes high street stalwarts like Marks and Spencer, Sainsburys and Asda, sent a letter to […]
20th May 2019
The Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) successfully agreed by Debenhams recently will knock £8.5 million off the company’s business rates bill, affecting 59 local authorities in the UK. The terms of Debenhams’ CVA, which was overwhelmingly […]
28th October 2018
Chancellor Philip Hammond is considering a £1.4bn tax break for the smallest high street businesses in his budget on Monday. The move would be a welcome change for many of the smallest high street businesses […]