Tag: burden

Searching for methods to ease retailers’ £25bn enterprise charges burden

The annual revenue column chart, which shows business rates, adds a significant amount to the Treasury

We hear you. The message from politicians to retailers is that they understand that business rates are placing a disproportionate burden on an industry that had already undergone profound structural change before the pandemic.Many of these politicians represent constituencies where the state of main streets, eroded by store closures and bankruptcies, is a defining issue