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150,000 jobs at risk without rates reform, warns Co-op
Scottish Daily Express
|October 14, 2025
150,000 jobs may be lost without business rates reform in next month's Budget.
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THE Coop says 60,000 small shops and 150,000 jobs may be lost without business rates reform in next month's Budget.
The group warned high streets “face a critical moment” and urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to announce “maximum” business rates relief on November 26.
Ms Reeves is said to be looking at “fixing” cliff-edge business rates, which make small firms pay higher taxes upon opening a second property.
The Government is set to consider moving “slab” rates, where a single multiplier is paid on the full rateable value of properties, to a “slice” system, where bands are taxed at increasing rates.
This story is from the October 14, 2025 edition of Scottish Daily Express.
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