The Truth Behind the 15% Pub Relief and the Collapse of the VOA Valuation Model
🚨 Breaking News for the Pub Sector: Why the 15% Relief Will Not Help Immediately and Why the VOA Valuation System Is Now in Crisis The Government’s new business rates announcement landed with a big headline: “Pubs will get 15% off their bills from April.” But as always with business rates, the truth is more […]
Tackling Business Rate Challenges – video blog
Watch us reveal the problem with business rate valuations. Lewes, East Sussex, is home to some incredible pubs and a regional brewer (Harvey’s) steeped in history and character. Recently, I took a short tour around the town, visiting several of these establishments to highlight a pressing issue affecting the hospitality sector: business rate valuations for […]
The Pubs Tax Mystery
🚨 Why the VOA’s “Approved Guide” Is a Unique and Damaging Anomaly 🚨 Welcome to the world of property valuation, where boring manuals usually dictate your business rates—unless you run a pub. In that case, you are subject to a piece of guidance so unusual, so unique within the entire UK government valuation framework, that it […]