Today in the workshop .....

harveyp6 · 2026-01-27T14:58:19+0000

Last one out turn off the lights.
Carry on like this and there won't be anything left.

Nick DV · 2026-01-27T15:47:48+0000

Well at least another U-turn gives the pubs a discount on their rates :drunk:

There may be hope for businesses yet :rolleyes:

m_c · 2026-01-27T16:20:39+0000

All this talk of business rates reminds me of an instructor I had years ago.
He owned a garage, and the council turned up and revalued the property. The result was his rates doubled, which he was willing to tolerate as he thought it was probably accurate and that the rates had been a bit cheap.

The council then decided they were going to backdate the rates for a number of years (was 5 or 10 years).
The result was he closed the garage, and sold it to a developer so the council ended up with nothing from him.

Cato · 2026-01-27T16:29:33+0000

m_c said:
All this talk of business rates reminds me of an instructor I had years ago.
He owned a garage, and the council turned up and revalued the property. The result was his rates doubled, which he was willing to tolerate as he thought it was probably accurate and that the rates had been a bit cheap.

The council then decided they were going to backdate the rates for a number of years (was 5 or 10 years).
The result was he closed the garage, and sold it to a developer so the council ended up with nothing from him.

I wonder how many councillors were shareholders in the developer? Or how fat the brown envelope was?

Dapph2 · 2026-01-27T16:39:33+0000

Council employees & Councilors are not usually known for their expertise or experiences of working outside the council or local authority spheres . As a result commercially vital decisions that would benefit the coffers and locality are not found out till it is far too late to rectify the damage