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Nadia Whittome: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to extend business rates relief to grassroots music venues.
John Whittingdale: ...including press publishers. Additionally, our support for the sector has included the delivery of the £2 million Future News Fund; the zero rating of VAT on e-newspapers; the extension of a 2017 business rates relief on local newspaper office space until 2025; the publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy; and the BBC also supports the sector directly, through the £8m it spends...
John Whittingdale: ...between news publishers and dominant online platforms; The delivery of a £2 million pilot innovation fund - the Future News Fund; The zero rating of VAT on e-newspapers; The extension of a 2017 business rates relief on local newspaper office space until 2025; The publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy. The BBC is editorially and operationally independent of the Government, and...
John Whittingdale: ..., including at local level. Additionally, our support for the sector has included the delivery of the £2 million Future News Fund; the zero rating of VAT on e-newspapers; the extension of a 2017 business rates relief on local newspaper office space until 2025; the publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy; and the BBC also supports the sector directly, through the £8m it spends...
Victoria Atkins: ...high streets and town centres successful. Therefore, at Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of support worth £13.6 billion over the next five years, including:a freeze to the business rates multiplier for 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion over the next 5 years, meaning all bills are 6% lower than without the freeze;an increased 75% relief for retail, hospitality...
Kevin Hollinrake: We understand the many challenges pubs are facing. The Government is supporting pubs with business rates relief, the Brexit Pubs Guarantee, and help with energy costs. We are also working across Government to identify opportunities to ease regulatory and licensing burdens. We continue to work with businesses, including members of the Hospitality Sector Council, to deliver our 2021 Hospitality...
Victoria Atkins: ...high streets and town centres successful. Therefore, at Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of support worth £13.6 billion over the next five years, including:a freeze to the business rates multiplier for 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion over the next 5 years, meaning all bills are 6% lower than without the freeze;an increased 75% relief for retail, hospitality...
Victoria Atkins: The Government understands the vital role the hospitality industry plays in the UK economy. This is why, for example, the Government announced a package of business rates support at Autumn Statement 2022 which means businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, including pubs, will receive a tax cut worth over £2 billion in 2023-24. Eligible properties will receive 75 per cent...
Gareth Davies: ..., the Government’s ‘Brexit Pubs Guarantee,’ confirms that the duty on a draught pint will always be lower than its equivalent in a supermarket. Pubs also benefit from a broader package of business rates support worth £13.6bn over the next five years, including a Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief scheme which increased from 50% to 75% relief in 2023-24. And community...
Gareth Davies: ...this, the Government’s ‘Brexit Pubs Guarantee,’ confirms that the duty on a draught pint will always be lower than its equivalent in a supermarket. Pubs also benefit from a broader package of business rates support worth £13.6bn over the next five years, including a Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief scheme which increased from 50% to 75% relief in 2023-24.
John Whittingdale: ...including press publishers. Additionally, our support for the sector has included the delivery of the £2 million Future News Fund; the zero rating of VAT on e-newspapers; the extension of a 2017 business rates relief on local newspaper office space until 2025; the publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy; and the BBC also supports the sector directly, through the £8m it spends...
Laura Anne Jones: ...keep more of the money that they make. Instead, under your Government, residents and organisations are anxious over the prospect of more tax rises. First Minister, will you rule out any increases to business rates, land transaction tax and income tax in Wales for the remainder of this Senedd term?
David Johnston: ...touch on some other points made by the Chair of the Select Committee. Our funding rates do take business rate costs into account, and in the autumn statement the Government announced a freeze to the business rates multiplier, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion over five years. Small business rate relief exists, as does relief for charities, but I am happy to look at the extreme cases that my...
Baroness Swinburne: My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords on all Benches for their co-operation on the Bill. The passage of the Bill will be a significant milestone in the reform of business rates, following our manifesto commitment and the subsequent Treasury review. When the Government examined the business rates system, they did so in the context of considerable upheaval due to the pandemic. Nevertheless,...
Kevin Hollinrake: We understand the many challenges pubs are facing. The Government is supporting pubs with business rates relief, the Brexit Pubs Guarantee, and help with energy costs. We are also working across Government to identify opportunities to ease regulatory and licensing burdens. We continue to work with businesses, including members of the Hospitality Sector Council, to deliver our 2021 Hospitality...
Chris Bryant: ...production, theatre, the arts, video games or modern high tech. Will the Secretary of State have conversations with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Treasury about the proposals to change business rates, which may have a dramatic effect and curtail the opportunities for the creative industries?
Mark Drakeford: ...and that means far more businesses, especially small businesses, benefit, and not just that, but they benefit because we fund that system directly, whereas in England that scheme is funded by higher business rates on large businesses that then are used to fund business rates relief for small businesses; we don’t do that here in Wales. The fund is entirely the product of investment that...
Jacob Young: The Government recognises the pressures faced by high street businesses, announcing in the Autumn Statement 2022 a package of changes to business rates worth £13.6 billion over the next 5 years in lower bills. This is in addition to the Energy Bills Discount Scheme. The Department for Business and Trade are working with the Retail Sector Council on the strategic issues facing the sector,...
John Whittingdale: ...including press publishers. Additionally, our support for the sector has included the delivery of the £2 million Future News Fund; the zero rating of VAT on e-newspapers; the extension of a 2017 business rates relief on local newspaper office space until 2025; the publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy; and the BBC also supports the sector directly, through the £8m it spends...
Amendment 3—Darren Millar Delete point 5 and replace with: Regrets the withdrawal of business rates grants for small-scale hydroelectric projects by the Welsh Government.