Tag Archives: Non-domestic rates

Should every encouragement have an equal and opposite discouragement?

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Leigh Sparks

This is the third in a loosely linked series of posts arising in part from the publication of the draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) and the New Future for Scotland’s Town Centres The first post was my discussion of … Continue reading →

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Changing Scotland’s Towns

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Leigh Sparks

This afternoon (26th October) Scotland’s leading environmental regeneration delivery partner, the Green Action Trust, is hosting a virtual roundtable discussion on how Scotland can achieve long-term change. This takes the form of a conversation with the Scottish Government’s Minister for … Continue reading →

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Town Centres in Wales: Bounded Muscularity?

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Leigh Sparks

A few months ago I, together with Phil Prentice (STP), had a long discussion with representatives of Audit Wales around enhancing town centres.  This came in the wake of the review I chaired, and the report I authored, for the … Continue reading →

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The Barclay Review

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Leigh Sparks

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 →

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