Submitted by Deborah Alfa on Wednesday 31st December 2025
Published on Monday 9th February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 9th August 2026
Current Signatures: 219
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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2025 ~ April ~ business rates ~ Busy ~ CLOSED ~ concerns ~ Fell ~ hospitality ~ job losses ~ leisure ~ market ~ place ~ Pressure ~ Ratings ~ relief ~ retail ~ sustainability ~ Unemployment
Bring back 75% business rates relief for retail, hospitality & leisure sectors
Business rate increases and business rate relief reductions come into effect in April 2026. We urge the Government to increase business rates relief back to 75% for retail, hospitality & leisure. We are concerned increases could lead to business closures, substantial job losses & empty properties.
Just under 300,000 businesses closed in 2025, the number of payrolled employees fell by 171,000, and the unemployment rate increased to 5.1%. A substantial amount came from retail and hospitality.
An increase on business rates could put substantial pressure on an already struggling business market and result in significant business closures, and possible job losses in 2026 if support and relief is not put into place. We believe these increases are not sustainable and that these sectors need support.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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