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Category Archives: Barclay Review
The Small Business Bonus Scheme
One of the recommendations of the 2017 Barclay Review of the Non-Domestic Rates System in Scotland was that an evaluation of the Small Business Bonus Scheme (SBBS) be undertaken. Five years on, it has finally arrived, all 232 pages of … Continue reading →
Posted in Barclay Review, Government, Internet, Large Store Levy, Legislation, Local Authorities, Non-domestic rates, Online Retailing, Out of Town, Public Policy, Rates, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scottish Government, Small Business Bonus Scheme, Small Shops, Tax, Town Centres
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Tagged Barclay Review, Non-domestic rates, Online Taxation, Out of Town, Property, Property Tax, Retailers, Scottish Government, Small Business Bonus Scheme, Small Retailers, Town Centres
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Webinar: “A New Future for Scotland’s Town Centres”
The Town Centre Action Plan Review was published on the 3rd February. On the 18th February (1430-1530), Scotland’s Towns Partnership are holding a webinar launching the Review. There may be few spaces left (but capacity is close to being reached) … Continue reading →
Posted in 20 Minute Neighbourhood, Barclay Review, Car Parking, Climate Emergency, Community, Community Assets, Community Ownership, Creative Places, Government, High Streets, Leadership, Legislation, Local Authorities, Localisation, Places, Public Policy, Public Realm, Rates, Regeneration, Regulation, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Government, Small Towns, Social Inequality, Social Justice, Streets, Streetscapes, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Town Centre Action Plan, Town Centre Action Plan Review Group, town centre first, Town Centre Living, Town Centre Review, Town Centres, Towns, Uncategorized, Understanding Scottish Places, University of Stirling, USP
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Tagged 20 Minute Neighbourhoods, Car Parking, Climate Emergency, Communities, community wealth building, COSLA, Digital tax, Digital Towns, High Streets, Local Authorities, Out of Town, Place Principle, Places, Rates, Scotland, Scotland's Towns, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Social Renewal, Sustainable Development, Tax, Town Centre Action plan, Town Centre Action Plan Review Group, town centre first, Town Centre Living, Town Centres, Understanding Scottish Places
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Scotland’s Town Centre Action Plan Review
On 1st July 2020, it was announced that an Expert Review Group had been formed by the Scottish Government to undertake an appraisal of the Town Centre Action Plan published in 2013 as a response to the National Review of … Continue reading →
Posted in Barclay Review, BIDS, Bids Scotland, Bill Grimsey, Community, Consumer Change, Consumer Lifestyle, Consumers, Government, Health, Internet shopping, Local Retailers, Public Realm, Retail Change, Retailers, Scotland, Scotland's Improvement Districts, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Government, Shopping, Town Centre Action Plan, Town Centre Action Plan Review Group, town centre first, Town Centre Living, Town Centre Review, Town Centres, Towns, Uncategorized, Understanding Scottish Places
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Tagged Covid-19, Digital tax, Fraser review, High Streets, Pandemic, Retailing, Scotland, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Government, Town Centre Action plan, Town Centre Action Plan Review Group, towns
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Scottish Business Rates: a Local and/or National Issue?
A fair degree of concern was whipped up in the run-up to the New Year by the vote in the Scottish Parliament to give local councils the ability to set non-domestic, i.e. business rates. This is not yet confirmed as … Continue reading →
Posted in Barclay Review, Bids Scotland, Government, Internet shopping, Legislation, Local Authorities, Local Retailers, Localisation, MSPs, Online Retailing, Rates, Regulation, Retail Levy, Retail Policy, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scottish Government, Scottish Retail Consortium, Scottish Retailing, Small Business Bonus Scheme, Small Shops, Tax, Towns, Uncategorized
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Tagged Barclay Review, Business rates, Local Democracy, Local Government, Local Retailers, Online deliveries, Online Taxation, Out of town impacts, Rates, Retailers, Retailers Costs, Scotland, Small Business Bonus Scheme, towns
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Business Rates vs Online Tax
The upcoming Budget has as normal seen a flurry of ‘advice’ for the UK Government’s Chancellor. Much of this is special pleading, especially in the light of the so-called End of Austerity. Within this though the issue of business rates … Continue reading →
Posted in Barclay Review, BRC, Digital, Government, High Streets, Internet shopping, Large Store Levy, Local Retailers, Online Retailing, Rates, Retail Failure, Tax, Town Centres
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Tagged Amazon, Barclay Review, Business rates, Government, internet retailing, Online retailing, Rates, Retail, retail failure, Taxation
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The Barclay Review
A few weeks have now passed since the publication of the much anticipated Barclay Review of Non Domestic Rates in Scotland. I was away at the time and did not get much sense of how it was received, though did … Continue reading →
Posted in Barclay Review, Buildings, Closure, Government, Internet, Legislation, Online Retailing, Policy, Property, Rates, Retailers, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scottish Government, Small Business Bonus Scheme, Small Shops, Tax, Town Centres, Vacancies
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Tagged Barclay Review, Business rates, Internet, Non-domestic rates, Rates, Retailing, Scotland, Shops, Town Centres
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