david TanswellMar 12, 20191 minThe high street will soon be unrecognisable We should all sit up and listen when a voice as authoritative as that of Bill Grimsey, former CEO of Wickes and Iceland predicts the...
david TanswellMar 7, 20191 minBusiness rates are unjust, says Simply Business.Simply Business is quite right to report on the "injustice" of business rates, based as they are on arbitrary property values, themselves...
david TanswellMar 5, 20191 minReducing the business rates "burden". The Eastern Daily Press quotes Chancellor Philip Hammond's response to a Treasury Committee report that "business rates represent a high...
david TanswellFeb 28, 20191 minPopular high street businesses shut up shop Few high street businesses are more useful than key cutters and dry cleaners. So when, after 25 years, a Greenock businessman, is...
david TanswellFeb 21, 20191 min2018 business start ups Birmingham Live reports the encouraging news that, after London, Birmingham and Manchester recorded the highest number of business...
david TanswellFeb 12, 20191 minProblems of the High StreetThe Daily Express reports on a partial rates relief, for two years, on business premises with a rateable value of £51,000 or under....
david TanswellFeb 11, 20191 minWinners and Losers in the High Street After the 2018 Autumn Budget, the BBC reported that, despite some relief being proposed for (generally smaller) businesses, many would...