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Scottish Budget warning

Pressure mounts on Mackay to abandon business rates levy

David Melhuish 2
David Melhuish: ‘Business rates continues to be a huge issue’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Finance Secretary Derek Mackay is facing further pressure to abandon a plan for new business ratesRead More

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Hot topics: Michelin; Indigo and the easily spun; business levy

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Budget 2018: Scotland

Mackay facing tax challenge as Scotland gets £1bn

Will Scotland copy the Chancellor’s help for the high street? (pic: Terry Murden)   Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay was handed a £1 billion pot for public services in ScotlandRead More

Minister eases worries over rates

Mackay: ‘I have no plan to impose out of town levy’

Derek Mackay
Derek Mackay: aware of concerns (pic: Terry Murden)   Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said he has “no plan” to introduce a controversial business rates levy on ‘out of town’ businesses.Read More

Planned reforms

Holyrood under pressure as business taxes face reform

Philip Hammond
Philip Hammond: proposing changes   The Scottish government will come under pressure to reform two key business tax policies following pledges from Tory ministers. Chancellor Philip Hammond is considering aRead More

Call to modernise system

Strip out red tape and go digital in rates reform, says FSB

Andrew McRae has issued a plea to the Scottish Government
Andrew McRae: ‘the rates system is bureaucratic and old-fashioned’    A small business campaign group has urged the Scottish government to introduce more digital technology and strip out red tape orRead More

Mackay announces new package

Retail chief ‘alarmed’ by new business rates levy

David Lonsdale
Retail industry leader David Lonsdale today expressed alarm at Finance Secretary Derek Mackay's..

As I See It

Use rates system to boost business, not penalise it

Brian Monteith
There is one regenerative policy to revive the economy that could be introduced that is repeatedly ignored, says Brian Monteith

Shops fight repatriation

Retailers oppose returning rates to councils

David Lonsdale
Retailers today challenged a call for control of business rates to be repatriated to local authorities.

Finance Secretary softens blow

Mackay to unveil concessions to head off rates revolt

Derek Mackay
Finance secretary Derek Mackay will unveil a series of concessions on business rates today to head off growing hostility over soaring costs from companies and opposition politicians...