Decisions by the VOA commonly reveal disputes with appellants over what constitutes retail/office/workshop areas, which can massively affect your rates bills. We often beat the desk-top calculations of the VOA.

this is your last opportunity to enjoy possible rebates dating back to 2017, before the new Rating List of 2023 appears. the most persuasive evidence a formal appeal against business rates can present, is based on comparative data on similar enterprises in your area.

The failure of the Covid Additional Relief Fund (CARF) to reach businesses desperate for financial help vividly illustrates the need for businesses to engage the services of experienced ,professionally-qualified specialist advisors.

Wherever national and local government interacts, in the supposed disbursement of funds, the potential exists for delay. Simply, the inexperience of the appellant business is exploited, not to mention the expensive hours of effort expended on a chase for funds required rapidly.

CPA, consultants on business rates, views the limited time before the new Rating List, as an opportunity for businesses to conduct a detailed audit of their rates, before the dust-storm created by arguments over new criteria for reliefs, etcetera, come April, 2023.

Using the latest sophisticated datasets, and supported by professional survey reports, CPA will undertake a "rates health check" for your business, free of charge. This is your best route to lower bills, at a moment of critical importance for commercial finances.

green technology, involving plant and machinery used in onsite renewable energy generation and electricity storage; solar panels, wind turbines, and battery storage, as well as electric vehicle charging points. Will be be exempt from business rates from April 2023 until 2035.

if your business is rated at around £15,000-£20,000, it is worth your while engaging the services of a specialist consultant, in order to drive down your rates bill, via a thorough professional survey.

CPA terms are free to the client, and employ detailed comparisons with similar properties in your locality. Our surveyors can pinpoint discrepancies in initial valuations, which can be enough to nudge your rateable value downwards, to the area of tapered relief or full exemption.

Renewable energy sources make great sense, especially when we consider the impact of increased energy bills. But how can we afford the initial costs? One answer lies in lower business rates, and (until April of next year) the prospect of sizable rebates dating back to 2017.

The new Rating List of 2023 will assume that the fastest-growing sectors of our economy, particularly warehouses, distribution depots and industrial units, are best able to bear the pain of higher business rates.

2023's Rating List represents a mixed bag for UK firms. The predicted rise in overall business rates based on the 2022 twelve-month measure of CPI inflation is likely to be around 7-9%. Without emergency government interventions, this would hike rates by around £2.6bn.

With emergency Covid reliefs looking like a historical aberration, now is the time for individual businesses to reduce the impact of unprecedentedly harsh trading conditions coming this winter.

Businesses can best use the months before April 2023 by commissioning a detailed audit of their individual rates bills. Our team of RICS-regulated surveyors apply comparators' data and physical measurements to produce a report to the VOA.

The effects of a recession will hit UK businesses generally and the high street in particular. Already, the grim toll of pub closures is forecast to increase. A sales tax levied on online companies would help to fund necessary reforms to business rates.

To survive the current economic crisis, businesses need incentives to keep retail units open, thus offsetting the gloomy picture of boarded-up high streets.

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