Rating and Recoveries
HARRIS LAMB REDUCES RATES LIABILITY FOR MAJOR TELFORD BUSINESS BY £75,000
Rating specialists Harris Lamb have saved a commercial refrigeration firm in Telford almost £75,000 in business rates after it merged their three industrial rating assessments into one single assessment. The business, who manufacture and distribute ice making equipment, instructed Harris Lamb to undertake a Business Rates review of their premises,… Read More
HARRIS LAMB WARNS RATEPAYERS OVER PENALTIES BEING BROUGHT IN WITH THE NON-DOMESTIC RATING ACT 2023
Rating specialists at Harris Lamb have welcomed key aspects of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 but are warning Ratepayers that requirements to provide annual updates on their properties could result in hefty fines if forgotten or disregarded. The Government has brought in new legislation affecting Ratepayers, with key changes in… Read More
GRADUATE SURVEYOR SUSAN BOYD JOINS HARRIS LAMB
Harris Lamb has enhanced its Professional team with the appointment of graduate surveyor Susan Boyd. Susan, who joins from Leicester-based Bird & Howes, where she was a a Rating surveyor, is relocating to Birmingham and will work alongside Harris Lamb’s Business Rates and Lease Advisory teams. She brings a Masters… Read More
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR SEES RATEABLE VALUES HIKED BY UP TO 70 PER CENT AS 2023 DRAFT RATING LIST IS PUBLISHED
The Valuation Office has issued the 2023 Draft Rating List, with business rates specialists at Harris Lamb seeing hikes of up to 70 per cent in some sectors as six years’ worth of activity has been assessed. The inevitable effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have seen significant increases in… Read More
HARRIS LAMB’S RATING TEAM WELCOMES EXTENDED SUPPORT FOR HOSPITALITY, LEISURE AND RETAIL SECTOR ANNOUNCED IN AUTUMN STATEMENT 22
Business Rates specialists at Harris Lamb have welcomed the Autumn Statement unveiled by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today. The much-anticipated announcement today has outlined a raft of plans aimed at helping ratepayers, with particular support being aimed at the much-beleaguered hospitality, leisure and retail sector. Key takeaways include a freeze on… Read More
GOVERNMENT’S TECHNICAL REVIEW OF BUSINESS RATES PROCESS RESULTS IN RED TAPE HEADACHE FOR RATEPAYERS
Business Rates specialists at Harris Lamb have raised concerns about the pressure ratepayers are set to be subjected to further to a fundamental review of the system by the Government. Whilst the team welcomes plans for a three-year revaluation cycle from April 2023, it fears that potential appeals will fall… Read More
HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES URGED TO APPLY FOR OMICRON GRANTS BEFORE WINDOW CLOSES THIS MONTH
Licensing and leisure property specialists are urging eligible hospitality businesses to ensure they apply for Government grants before the deadline later this month, grants of up to £6,000 to offset some of the impact that Omicron had on their operations are available. Harris Lamb’s dedicated hospitality businesses rates team warned… Read More
BUDGET 2021: A BID TO REBUILD A COVID-HIT COUNTRY
Rarely has a Budget been preceded by as much anticipation and trepidation as Rishi Sunak’s Covid Recovery Budget of 2021. We’ll leave the personal tax and corporation tax evaluations to the accountants, because like many businesses, our chief concern lies in the legislation around business rates and… Read More
LICENSED PROPERTY RATING SPECIALISTS SECURE £35,000 REDUCTION IN BUSINESS RATES FOR CORNISH PUB
Licensed Property Rating specialists have successfully reduced the Rateable Value of an award-winning Cornish pub by £35,000. The Licensed Premises Business Rates team at Harris Lamb worked alongside St Austell Brewery’s Pandora Inn in Restronguet near Falmouth to appeal against the £145,000 Rateable Value. Further to the Business… Read More
RATING SPECIALISTS WELCOME GOVERNMENT’S POSTPONEMENT OF THE 2021 BUSINESS RATES REVALUATION
Business Rates specialists at Harris Lamb have welcomed the Government’s announcement to postpone the 2021 revaluation, saying that it gives businesses and the Valuation Office time to assess the impact of Covid-19. Legislation had been introduced to bring the next revaluation forward by one year from 2022 to 2021, but ministers wanted to ensure… Read More
HARRIS LAMB SECURES £53,000 REDUCTION IN BUSINESS RATES ASSESSMENT FOR CHESTERFIELD TANNERY
Rating experts at Harris Lamb have successfully challenged a Valuation Office assessment on behalf of a Chesterfield tannery, resulting in its business rates assessment being slashed by over £50,000. Working on behalf of Spire Leather, one of the few remaining traditional leather tanneries in the country, the business’… Read More
HARRIS LAMB OFFERS SUPPORT TO OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS TO ALLEVIATE COVID-19 DISRUPTION
Harris Lamb has been liaising with concerned clients within the industrial and office sector as the Government’s lockdown of the UK commenced. Business specialists within the company have been assisting clients with applications for empty rates and Section 44A relief amongst other measures in a bid to help firms safeguard… Read More
BUSINESS RATES HOLIDAYS FOR KEY SECTORS HIT BY CORONAVIRUS
Andrew Hulbert, Director of Business Rates, on the special measures being put in place by the Government as businesses struggle to cope with the coronavirus crisis None of us could have foreseen the confusing, concerning and often frightening circumstances the UK finds itself in today. The past… Read More
2022 BUSINESS RATES REVALUATION LOOKS INCREASINGLY LIKELY AMID BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS
The scheduled 2021 Business Rates Revaluation Is looking increasingly likely to take place in 2022, according to business rates specialists at Harris Lamb. The Queen’s Speech, which set out the Government’s legislative agenda during the State Opening of Parliament yesterday, highlighted the fact that with the last three… Read More
HARRIS LAMB RATING TEAM BOOSTED WITH PROPERTY INSPECTOR APPOINTMENT
Harris Lamb has appointed a property inspector to its Business Rates team to support its expanding client portfolio. Daniel Siggs, who brings extensive knowledge of the commercial property market and the business rates system has joined the firm. Daniel’s skills will complement the existing 10-strong Business Rates team providing support… Read More