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Warning that business rates will force companies to close
January 09, 2026
|Dumfries and Galloway Standard
Annan businessman and director of the Scottish Hospitality Group, Stephen Montgomery, has said the latest business rates revaluation is "totally disconnected from the trading reality" and will force pubs, bars and restaurants to shut down.
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Concerns Stephen Montgomery of the Scottish Hospitality Group
The group said the revaluation, due for implementation in April 2026, "is based on an outdated rates methodology" with some hospitality businesses facing increases as high as 550 per cent.
SHG called on the Scottish government to use its Budget on January 13 to announce that the revaluation will not go ahead.
Mr Montgomery said: "The decisions taken at the Scottish Budget will determine the future of licensed hospitality.
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