Rates revaluation could finish off high street, warn small businesses

UK business owners already pay more than any other country in Europe, but are facing huge hikes following a two-year delay in reassessment

The situation faced by author Jeanette Winterson, who is planning to close her delicatessen cafe Verde in London because of escalating business rates, will be familiar to small business owners around the country who are facing their own hikes.

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Source: Guardian