Our high streets are embedded in local communities and play a crucial role in the wider economic ecosystems of cities and towns up and down the country.

Our submission calls on Government to:

• Exempt retail, hospitality and leisure businesses from the proposed higher business rates multiplier;
• Freeze any further multiplier increases until 2027/28, providing certainty through the next revaluation;
• Deliver a coordinated national strategy on high street crime, with ringfenced policing for flagship destinations; and
• Work with business to design a modern, digital VAT-free shopping scheme that restores the UK’s global competitiveness.

Click here to read our full submission.