Revaluation 2026
Marina business rates U-turn: Clarity, context and what operators should do next
Over 720 commercial marinas across the UK are set to benefit from reduced business rates from April 2026 following a Treasury reversal on marina eligibility for lower multipliers.
Budget 2025: A Status-Quo Budget for Business Rates
Despite significant anticipation around business-rates reform, today’s Autumn Budget delivered only a brief mention, and very limited new detail.
Autumn Budget 2025: What it could mean in property terms
With the Autumn Budget set for 26 November, commercial property markets are bracing for one of the most consequential fiscal events in recent years.
Staines: The quietly competitive place to locate your business
Sitting proudly on the River Thames, Staines-upon-Thames has become one of the most attractive and affordable office locations in the Thames Valley.
Business Rates Update: What Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Occupiers Need to Know
Government confirms permanent rate cuts for smaller RHL occupiers – but uncertainty remains for larger and mixed-use premises.
Are Schools, Colleges and Universities Liable for Business Rates?
In England and Wales, schools (like most other non-domestic properties) are liable for business rates.
Budget 2025: What changes can we expect on business rates?
The UK Government has announced that this year’s Autumn Budget will be a little later than usual, taking place on Wednesday 26th November.
Duty to Notify is coming – prepare now with Vail Williams
If your business owns, occupies, or manages commercial property, a significant change to business rates is on the horizon.
Valuation Office Agency to be scrapped: What this means for business rates
In a significant shake-up of the UK’s business rates system, the Government has announced that the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is to be scrapped as part of wider reforms to improve efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the management of non-domestic property taxation.
What are business rates reliefs?
With just six months until the publication of the Draft Rating List for Revaluation 2026, the House of Lords has dealt another blow to the business community by blocking the government’s proposed business rates reforms.
House of Lords blocks government’s Business Rates Reform plans
With just six months until the publication of the Draft Rating List for Revaluation 2026, the House of Lords has dealt another blow to the business community by blocking the government’s proposed business rates reforms.