Business Rates

The Scottish Greens have unveiled plans for a new "banker tax" on business properties worth more than £1 million, with the revenue earmarked for local schools and care services. The levy would target sites such as the Barclays and JP Morgan campuses in Glasgow and the Standard Life building in

Glasgow City Council is owed nearly £89 million in unpaid business rates, a figure that has grown sharply in recent years. The figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request by The Herald, show the council has billed £1.4 billion in non-domestic rates, or business rates, acro

New data from the Scottish Chambers of Commerce shows nearly half of firms (48%) are concerned about business rates – the highest level in the last five years. The findings from SCC’s Q1 2026 survey highlight growing pressure on businesses from rising fixed costs, with business rates rap

Shops occupying medium sized and larger premises in Scotland are set to pay £54 million more in business rates than their equivalent-sized counterparts down south in the coming year, from 1 April. The figure was revealed in response to a written parliamentary question from Mid Scotland & F

Innis & Gunn founder and master brewer Dougal Sharp has called on the government to stop pushing the pub to the brink of extinction and take measures – including cuts to VAT, on-trade duty, and energy bills – to reverse the industry’s decline. According to analysis of governmen

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has warned that sharp business rate increases due to take effect this April will push otherwise viable businesses of all sizes, in every part of Scotland, “to the brink". Businesses across every sector and region are facing rate bills several times higher than