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041 0 _aeng
100 2 _aMcCluskey, William
245 0 0 _aEmpty property rates
_h[electronic resource]
260 _aLondon
_bRICS
_c2013
490 _aRICS Research
520 _aOutlines the results of a RICS survey of its members accessing the impact of empty property rates (EPR) on vacant commercial property in England and Wales. Concludes that EPR is affecting growth in the commercial property sector, reducing interest in investing in new commercial property development and speculative building. Outlines RICS 6 recommendations on EPR to the Government which include a national 12 month exemption from EPR for new build, increasing exemption from three to six months for retail and six to twelve months for office and industrial for vacant properties, the removal of any properties undergoing refurbishment, renovation or retrofitting from the business rates list until completion and increase threshold to between £12 000 and £18 000.
651 4 _aEngland and Wales
_y1543-
690 _aFinance and taxation
690 _aCommercial property
_96227
700 1 _aDavis, Peader
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.rics.org/Global/Empty_Property_Rates_Research_200313_jr.pdf
_zView the item free of charge at www.rics.org
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999 _c114955
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