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'Manageable and reasonable': Waterstones boss defends shake-up of business rates
The Guardian
|January 27, 2026
Decreases in business rates in struggling areas mean Waterstones will 'get neighbours back again', the bookseller's boss predicts
The Waterstones boss has defended the government’s approach to the high street, arguing that controversial changes to business rates are “sensible” and have benefited outlets in struggling areas.
James Daunt said the bookseller’s total business rates bill for this year was going to be similar to last year’s as big increases at large, successful sites such as its flagship on London’s Piccadilly had been offset by “quite significant” decreases at shops in more troubled locations.
He said he believed “our main advantage is that we will get neighbours back again” in places such as Newport in Wales, Grimsby in Lincolnshire and Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, as retailers might now consider reopening amid lower business rates.
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