Business Rate Supplements Bill
10:38 am
Jane Milne: Perhaps one issue concerns cases in which the local authority has a different view of what would be beneficial to the community from the business community. We would not suggest that local authorities were deliberately setting out to cause business problems—of course not—but they might not fully appreciate all the issues involved. The BIDs process enables all of that to be worked through and a very high-quality proposal to come forward. The fact that about 85 per cent. of BIDs have been supported by the local business community demonstrates that that process genuinely gives rise to projects that are seen to be beneficial to the community and, therefore, attract the business community’s support.