Chancellor John Healey is said to be considering changes to business rates relief that could exempt some businesses from the tax altogether, in a package of measures for his first Budget on 28 October.
The cost of doing business is expected to be one of the Chancellor’s key Budget themes. It was reported today that he has held a series of workshops with business groups over the past fortnight on reviving the UK’s shops.
The workshops follow Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s pledge to turn high streets, which he has called “markers of decline”, into a “symbol of Britain’s renaissance”. Mr Burnham has urged Labour to “listen to small businesses more” to boost growth.
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