Business rates DOOM™

[jamesbrown]

low taxes.

Maybe for AtW's Independent Traders Ltd, but not for AtW natural person and squirrel botherer.

[DimPrawn]

Move to Dublin. Nicer city, in the EU, Oirish lasses, Guinness, low taxes.

No brainer.

[d000hg]

There is scope to move also, council does not care if you do.

It's just an old Pentium III and some picnic furniture anyway, can't be hard to move location.

[AtW]

If the rateable value has gone up 50%, there's surely scope to up the rent.

There is scope to move also, council does not care if you do.

[Mordac]

Why would they put rent up?

If the rateable value has gone up 50%, there's surely scope to up the rent. I hope they don't, I wouldn't want your squirrels to starve now, would I?

[DimPrawn]

Why would they put rent up?

Because Toblerones and Broccoli are now in the official basket of goods for CPI.

HTH BIDI

[AtW]

Well it's BOOM for your landlord if they put the rent up accordingly.

Why would they put rent up?

[Mordac]

Just got letter from council, "rateable" value of office is up over 50%

Well it's BOOM for your landlord if they put the rent up accordingly.

[Archangel]

I got mine two weeks ago. Rates payables own to zero from around 5k. Boom!

(Rateable value 10,250)

[northernladyuk]

Just got letter from council, "rateable" value of office is up over 50%

That's what happens when the kebab shop downstairs diversifies to pizza delivery. Gentrification will be the death of Birmingham.

[diseasex]

Just got letter from council, "rateable" value of office is up over 50%

BOOM

[AtW]

Just got letter from council, "rateable" value of office is up over 50%