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Scrap business rates for businesses in their first year
Should business rates be scrapped for businesses that are in their first year of trading?
Alliance Party Alliance Party would make reforms to business rates to make it easier for entrepreneurs to establish a business in vacant premises, such as scrapping business rates for the first year for a new business. Source: Alliance Party.
Labour Labour will cut business rates in 2015 and then freeze them in 2016 for over 1.5 million business properties. Source: Labour Party Manifesto http://b.3cdn.net/labouruk/89012f856521e93a4d_phm6bflfq.pdf