'Cut crippling business rates' call

Cuts to "crippling" business rates must be made immediately to reverse the risk of 20,000 stores closing over the next 12 months, according to a review of the high street.

The review by former Iceland and Wickes chief executive Bill Grimsey calls for an immediate reintroduction of the 2015 business rates revaluation to realign property values so thousands of small businesses "have a fighting chance of survival".
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