The latest business rates consultation is targeting the use of mitigation schemes to reduce business rates liability on empty properties as the government try to stem the £250m cost of empty rates.
The Non-Domestic Rating Bill I reported on recently will bring far reaching changes to modernise the system and ensure that property alterations, additions and other changes are quickly included within the rating list assessment
In this second instalment of a series on the significant business rates changes that are making their way through parliament, I look at discretionary relief and other new rules that are part of the Non-Domestic Rating Bill.
