{"id":13954,"date":"2026-01-20T10:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13954"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:29:22","slug":"sarwar-in-new-pledge-to-reform-business-rates-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13954","title":{"rendered":"Sarwar in new pledge to reform business rates \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-McKee-and-Anas-Sarwar-for-website.png\" alt=\"John McKee and Anas Sarwar\" class=\"wp-image-172495 lazyload\" style=\"width:830px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-McKee-and-Anas-Sarwar-for-website.png\" alt=\"John McKee and Anas Sarwar\" class=\"wp-image-172495 lazyload\" style=\"width:830px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-McKee-and-Anas-Sarwar-for-website.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-McKee-and-Anas-Sarwar-for-website-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-McKee-and-Anas-Sarwar-for-website-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-McKee-and-Anas-Sarwar-for-website-600x412.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Anas Sarwar, right, says the rates system is broken (pic: Terry Murden)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has repeated his pledge to reform business rates to help small businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Speaking ahead of an event with the Scottish Retail Consortium, Mr Sarwar promised a \u201cfundamental overhaul\u201d of the current business rates system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Businesses in Scotland have been sounding the alarm over eye-watering increases to business rates resulting from revaluations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Some are expected to see their rates soar by as much as 400% \u2013 with the Federation of Small Businesses describing its budget cut as a \u201cdrop in the ocean\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Labour has called for a reset between local businesses and online retail giants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cBusinesses are facing eye-watering rates hikes, but the SNP is still tinkering around the edges of a fundamentally broken system,\u201d said Mr Sarwar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe shops, pubs and restaurant at the heart of our communities are at risk and so are countless jobs \u2013 we need to reset the balance between those local businesses and the online giants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); 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