howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#1
a couple of points here.
a) i don't know the actual percentage of retail units empty in dover but it seems lower than the national average.
b) why are the cobbled together people upping business rates next year bearing in mind the economic climate?
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#2
a. I'm not an expert, but Aldershot, Camberley and Farnborough all seem to have loads more empty shops than Dover, while Farnham has hardly any- as soon as one becomes vacant they are all queuing up for it.
b. the UBR regime is formula-driven and businesses are seen as a soft touch. Businesses get no services whatsoever in return for paying this insidious tax.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
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#3
As I have said before, it should be more taxing to have a shop empty than when it's doing business.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#4
in other words they don't have a vote so stitch them up.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#5
Another hammer blow for the nation's High Streets with 11,000 jobs to be lost but a lot of pockets lined before the crash.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36132440Reginald Barrington
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#7
Wouldn't he have to have done something wrong to do that?
It might be immoral but all legal.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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