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23 Apr 2024

This May, join the movement to create safer, more bike-friendly streets with the Bike Month Challenge and #MakeEveryRideCount!

23 Apr 2024

The number of reported e-bike thefts doubled in the space of a year in the UK, with a 103% increase in 2023 compared to 2022, according to a study by Evolve E-bikes. While the...

22 Apr 2024

Small shops have been more "agile" at fighting COVID sale slumps than chain stores, according to a new report.

22 Apr 2024

For the first time in its campaign to help the city address escalating lithium-ion battery fires, the Fire Department of New York filed criminal charges against a Brooklyn e-bike shop owner for...

22 Apr 2024

The managing director of Brompton has backed a campaign to introduce stricter e-bike battery regulations in the UK, amid "too many examples of e-bikes, e-scooters and light electric...

15 Apr 2024

The Rediscovery Centre, the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ireland, today announced its partnership with Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for...

12 Apr 2024

Just two weeks remain for the UK cycle industry to have its say on the current Government consultation to double the permissible power of e-bikes, and to remove the need for pedalling.

10 Apr 2024

Award-winning cycling business Spokes Bikes has added a new shop in Greenock to existing shop in Bridge of Weir.

9 Apr 2024

Communities across England are to be given access to £101 million of government funding for high-quality walking and cycling routes, improving the quality of local public engagement for...

9 Apr 2024

The founders of a Wirral bike recycling scheme have opened a hub across the River Mersey as part of a campaign to encourage more people into cycling.

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Business Rates consultation launched

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News , Political News

HHouses of Parliament, budget 2020M Treasury has launched a consultation on delivering more frequent business rate revaluations in England. The consultation proposes a framework for moving towards three-yearly revaluations from five-yearly and simplifying the appeals system.

The consultation proposes two new requirements on retailers:

  • A Duty to Notify the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) about property changes that affect business rates liabilities - for example, structural alterations, extensions or conversions. This would be done as changes are completed and via an Annual Confirmation Return.
  • The mandatory provision of rental and lease information - for example rent amounts and what it includes, agreed incentives, responsibilities and rent reviews. To be provided after events where these might change (e.g. signing a new lease).

The consultation also suggests the following changes to the appeals system:

  • Streamlining appeals by removing the ‘Check' stage from the Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) process - the function of Check would effectively be replaced by the new Duty to Notify.
  • Introducing a three-month deadline to submit Challenges and a new fee - to ensure most appeals can be dealt with during the lifetime of a three-year list.
  • Reviewing provisions around Material Change of Circumstances (MCCs) appeals - when MCC should apply.

This consultation has been announced while government work on the fundamental review of business rates is ongoing. The outcome of this consultation, and the wider business rates review, is expected in the Autumn.

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