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NHS Concede Defeat In £2bn Tax Fight With Councils

The £2 million cap on business rates relief from 1st July does not mean that all is lost for large operators with big property portfolios.

Pubs, restaurants & hotels to receive up to £936 million in grants

What you need to know about the March 2021 Budget

Altus Group’s Dominance of the South East Industrial Property Market Underscored with Several CoStar Award Wins

Cost Of Insolvencies At The Highest Level In A Decade

The options open to the Chancellor ahead of the Budget

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, today announced that he is delaying until later this year publication of the outcome of the ‘fundamental review’ of business rates.

850 Retail Jobs A Day Being Lost

Treasury officials are weighing up plans for an online sales tax in a bid to re-balance the scales between booming online businesses and struggling high street firms.

Treasury Signals Further Rates Help On Its Way

Shops Still Pay £1 BILLION In Rates Despite Holiday

All eyes are on the Chancellor to avoid a cliff-edge through an early announcement on business rates support

Altus Group hires residential and mixed use development specialist, Bruce Strong

As Debenhams brand moves online, Landlords are left with 148 football pitches worth of vacant space and a rates liability of £50 million

37 Pubs A Month ‘Vanished’ In 2020

Property Taxes Topped £90bn Last Year – Highest In Developed World

Owners Of Second Homes In England Entitled To Another £85 Million In Government Grants

Spending Review 2020 – Business Rates Update

70,000 London Shops, Pubs, Restaurants & Hotels Face £3bn Rates Bill

Redundancy Payments Topping £1.3 Million A DAY

September’s CPI Rate Signals Business Rates Rises Of £160 Million In England Next April

Up to 1,809 Greater Manchester Pubs Ordered To Close – 1 in 10 English Pubs Now Mandated To Close

The Government’s initiatives on energy efficiency and climate change are now at complete odds with the property tax system writes Robert Hayton

12 Million Square Metres Of Retail Space Set To Go

Curfew For 1 in 10 English Pubs

What comes next cannot be business as normal in April writes Robert Hayton.

40 Pubs a Month Demolished or Converted to Other Uses

Coronavirus Drives Redundancy Payments By 121% Fuelled By Retail Failures

Further Covid-19 Grants in England by Reference to Rateable Value

Councils To Return Over £1 Billion In Unspent Coronavirus Support

Aviation Sector Bring ‘Group Action’ Against Tax Authorities

Offices are hugely important, but the current ratio of commercial/economic gain to occupational costs is now unfavourable writes Robert Hayton 

Coronavirus Drives Tax Disputes – Appeals Up 690%

A revaluation reflecting the post Covid-19 economy must be the right thing to do – Alex Probyn

It’s time to be optimistic with meaningful reform now within our grasp, writes Robert Hayton.

Bailiffs Resume Enforcement Against Business To “Help Recovery Effort”

Comment: The Summer Statement

American & Russian Embassies Among Those Racking Up Tax Debts In The Capital 

Altus Group, officially the UK’s largest business rates agent.

Altus Group Secures Vail Williams Lead Business Rates Partner

Pubs ‘Vanishing’ Stabilise Ahead Of Reopening

It is now time for the Chancellor to acknowledge the important role that the commercial property sector is being asked to play in the recovery.

Wales Postpones 2021 Revaluation

Exclusive: Heathrow & Gatwick Airports Top Property Tax List Despite Uncertainty Over Air Travel

Breaking: Retailers To Receive £430 MILLION Of Tax Rebates

Business Rates Revaluation POSTPONED  

355,000 Firms Receive £10 Billion Property Tax Break

Legislation Government is trying to pass will require pubs to pay business rates from next April based on FMT a year prior to Covid-19

Retailers call on Sunak to ‘Bin the Bill’

Tribunal finds for industrial Landlord in Altus Group’s Empty Rates victory

English Second Home Owners Set To Receive £550 Million In Government Grants

3,650 small firms set to miss out on £55MILLION of Government funding

Now is the time for the Chancellor to acknowledge the important role that the commercial property sector plays in the UK economy, writes Robert Hayton 

Settle All Outstanding Tax Appeals Before It’s Too Late Chancellor Told

Altus Group Joins #UnitedWeStand Advisory Board

Valuation Tribunal Shuts Up Shop Temporarily

An important message from Altus Group in response to the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Business Rates & The Budget

Shops on struggling High Streets to be denied a further £100 million in tax reductions as 18,000 jobs lost.

Business Rates Appeal System Fell Short Of Expectations Review Finds

Altus Group secures Senior Valuation Officer Mike Dunlevey as Client Adviser

Cost of insolvencies at the highest level since 2012, driven by High Street failures 

Plans To Stop £430 MILLION Of Tax Refunds For Retailers On Budget Day

Property Bosses Put Their Faith In 5G As Britain’s Retail Jobs Crisis Deepens

Former Premier League Clubs Lose High Court Rates Appeal

Britain Regains Top Spot For Highest Property Taxes With Total Tax Take Surpassing £700 Billion For The First Time

Labour Guarantee “Fair & Transparent” Appeal Process As Outstanding Business Rate Challenges Up 35%

Large Retailers Shutter 6,000 Shops In 9 Months

September’s inflation signals a £536 MILLION Rates Hike

What business needs in a tax system is certainty, accuracy and fairness – Opinion – Robert Hayton.

Hammond’s Budget Enough To Help Just 11 Thomas Cook Shops

Councils Send Bailiffs To 310 Premises EVERY DAY Over Business Rates

Alex Probyn. Opinion: Government Agency must keep their end of the bargain when it comes to Business Rates Appeals.

Robert Hayton. Opinion: Action needed by Government to alleviate the negative impact of business rates on investment

Government policy DENIED Bolton Wanderers a £1.3 Million tax cut on it’s stadium

Business rates bills could rise £662 MILLION next year as Chancellor urged to make history

100,000 Firms Seek A Business Rates CUT As Appeals Increase

Altus Group Announces Raft of UK Promotions

Government Consider Plans To Stop Businesses Appealing Their Rates Bills 

Councils Sue 750 Firms A DAY Over Business Rate Arrears

Pubs Calling Time During First 6 Months Of 2019 Halves

Trial Date Set For NHS £2.35 Billion Town Hall Tax Battle

20,000 Shops Gone & 43,000 Empty

Thoughts by Robert Hayton – Upper Tribunal supports call for nil RV on substantial refurbishment

Exclusive: Spurs Top The Tax Table

Strip Out Works Ahead Of Refurbishment Don’t Go Beyond Monk, Rules Upper Tribunal

Government Policy DENIES British Steel A £5m Tax Cut

5 Altus Group Surveyors have successfully completed their APC to become MRICS Chartered Surveyors

Supreme Court Rules Embattled Retail Sector Must Wait For £400 Million Tax Rebates

Major Shopping Centres Dominate Areas Of High Taxation Costs Outside London Despite Falling Values

70 Firms A DAY See A Business Rates CUT Through Successful Property Tax Appeals

Call For Tax Parity For Council Run Schools

Will Rent Reductions Under CVAs Reduce Rates Liabilities?

Exclusive: 76 Pubs A Month Called Time Last Year

High Street Shops, Pubs & Restaurants Get £500m Tax Reprieve Today – It’s No April Fools’

Exclusive: Fears Mount Over High Street Tax Cuts

Councils Demand £47m More In Tax For ATMs Despite Court of Appeal Saying They Are NOT Liable

Exclusive: Digital Services Tax To Be Extended To Include 2% ‘Amazon Tax’

International Womens Day 2019 – A spotlight on just a few of the talented team of women surveyors in Altus Group UK.

150 Firms A DAY Appeal Their Business Rates

Cost Of Insolvencies Rise By 31% During 2018, The Highest Level In 5 Years, Driven By The High Street Crisis

400 Jobs A DAY Lost Or Threatened On UK High Streets Since Christmas Day

NEW INQUIRY: Treasury Committee launches new inquiry into impact of Business Rates on business

EU Likely To Say No To ‘Amazon Tax’ To Save British High Streets Warn Treasury

HMV ‘Denied’ A £3.35 MILLION Tax Lifeline Before Administration

Nightmare on High Street: 150,000 Jobs Lost in 2018

10,000 jobs lost at Restaurants in 2018, with more pain to come.

Foreign Embassies Rack Up £1.5 MILLION Business Rates Debt

£1 in every £8 raised in taxes comes from Property. The highest level in the EU.

Retailers Wait Goes On For £382 Million “Tax On Cash” Rebates As Government Agency Petitions Supreme Court

Business Rates Budget Measures

Court Of Appeal To Deliver “Tax On Cash” Judgement On Friday

Post Budget Rates Boost As “Staircase Tax” Formally Axed Today

Budget 2018: 1 in 7 Pubs Face Business Rate Rises of £5,000 Next April

EU Rules Preclude Major Retail Employers From Hammond’s Rates Discount Plan

Business Rates: 2018 Budget Update

Budget 2018. What does it mean for UK business and the high street?

Budget 2018: Treasury Considering A £300 Million Stimulus For Ailing Town Centres

Today’s Inflation Signals A £728 Million Business Rates Hike Next April

EU Rules Prevent Government Aid Getting To 1 in 4 Pubs

Capital London has let 18,060 sq ft of offices at The Manhattan Building in Crawley Business Quarter to workplace pension provider B&CE.

Cut Property Taxes Not Corporation Tax For A Low Tax Economy, May Told

Altus Group appointed by Aviva Investors as Overarching Agents on South London Industrial Portfolio

Councils send Bailiffs To 222 Business Premises EVERY DAY Over Rates

Shropshire Pub First to Win Rates Appeal under new Regulations

As Temperatures Rise, so does the Popularity of the Traditional Beach Hut

1,300 Pubs Called “Time” in the Last Year

The Changing Face Of Our Communities As Shops, Pubs, Libraries and Police Stations “Disappear”

Councils Haul Nearly 200,000 Firms Before The Courts Over Rate Arrears

Poundworld ‘denied’ a £4.1 MILLION tax lifeline before its administration

With plans for a government high street review set to be announced, councils could do more and cut business rates writes Robert Hayton.

Embrace the new business rates appeal system, it could be a change for the better writes Alex Probyn.

Check. Challenge. Appeal. – Quarterly Statistics

Retailers Head to Court of Appeal today over “Tax on Cash” Dispute

House of Fraser’s £120 Million Rates Liabilities

Penalty for Successful Football Clubs from 2017 Business Rates rises

NHS Hospitals Start High Court Bid For A £300 Million A Year Tax Cut

London West End Business Rates Burden Continues

New Tax Year for Rates starts

Wales urged to Sign up to Staircase Tax Repeal Bill

Large Stores Vulnerable to Declining Markets

Spring Statement 2018

Iceland’s Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Could Save Hundreds of Millions in Property Taxes

Business Rates Triple-Whammy Compounds Threat to UK Car Plants

Nearly 100,000 London Business Properties Face Inflation Busting Tax Rises Next Month

“We’ll Continue to Tax your Staircases” Welsh Firms Told

Mixed Fortunes for Winter Olympic Training Facilities under Tax Shake Up

6 Shops A DAY ‘Vanish’ from High Street during the last 7 years

Pub Closures Easing but 2 A Day ‘Vanish’ Since Last April’s Tax Shake Up

Britain cements its position as the country with the highest property taxes passing £80 billion for the first time

Bailiff Instructions to Collect Rates Tax Soars 9% since Revaluation

Property Tax Bills Sent to Firms Confirming £845Million Rates Hike

Altus Group Comment; Check Challenge Appeal statistics. December 2017

Autumn Budget 2017

Altus Group Challenges Ministerial Hints of a Shorter Revaluation Cycle

The Price of Modesty, Tea & Shelter on the Beach Climbs fors Summer 2017

Business Rates in Hospitality & Tourism – Time to Reform the Appeal Process?

Queen’s Speech Should Use Consensus to Achieve a Functional Business Rates System

Business Rates: Manifesto Proposals for Reform

Transparency needed for understanding Hospital Business Rates

Investment in Dealerships can Increase Business Rates Liabilities

Altus Group comment; Check. Challenge. Appeal.

Valuation Officers Failing to Apply Supreme Court Ruling on Redevelopment Works

Publication of the Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 on 17 March 2017

FOI Request Shows 250,000 Business Rate Appeals Being Held at a Rate of 3 per day

Spring Budget 2017: An Opportunity to Address Unfairness in the Business Rates System

Supreme Court Encorages Investment in UK Property

Business Rates Revaluation Disappointment Imminent in Economically Disadvantaged Areas

Check. Challenge. Appeal – Governement Response to Consultation