There is a rumour doing the rounds that the council is going to give Margate shopkeepers some sort of reduction in their business rates, I don’t believe this is true however if anyone knows different please let us know.
I think it may be some confusion about small business rates relief if you pay non domestic rates you are eligible for this relief if your rateable value is less than £1,000 and if your rateable value is less than £5,000 you ate eligible for 50% rate relief.
Click here to determine your rateable value.
I think it is pretty obvious with the growing number of empty Thanet shops, shop rents must fall and therefore rateable values, which are based on them, should follow.
Talking to other shopkeepers here in Ramsgate I am getting mixed responses as to how much business they are doing, from those who say they are on the verge of going under to those like myself who are doing fairly well at the moment.
Books are a sort on nonessential essential, by that I mean that if you normally buy books you don’t stop because of a recession or anything else, you just buy them from somewhere cheaper.
News, Local history and Thanet issues from Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate see www.michaelsbookshop.com I publish over 200 books about the history of this area click here to look at them.
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