Are business rates fit for purpose?

1 June 2020
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"A Treasury Select Committee was critical of the system... In some parts of the world they have annual revaluations and that should be an aspiration."

With the cost of business rates the focus of scrutiny over the last few months, and following the announcement of the postponement of the 2021 revaluation, Andrew West, Business Rates Director at Cooke & Arkwright, provides his views on the business rates system and questions whether it is still fit for purpose as a form of taxation

Cooke & Arkwright has advised Network Rail on a wide variety of development sites in South Wales from Mon Bank in Newport to Radyr Sidings in Cardiff. They bring a high level of commitment, technical expertise and knowledge to the successful disposal of complicated development sites."

Stuart Kirkwood, Development Director, Network Rail