The move comes after the Chancellor’s decision that every pub in England will get 15 per cent off its new business rates bill and they will then be frozen in real terms for a further two years.
Salisbury-based Antony Batty & Company has said the U-turn will offer a much-needed lifeline to struggling pubs, but warned that other hospitality and retail businesses still face mounting financial pressures.
James Stares, director at Antony Batty & Company, said: “The Chancellor’s decision for a temporary scale back of the proposed rate rises for pubs will be welcomed by many struggling businesses across the area.
“Calls for other hospitality and retail businesses to be included have not been granted and this could have…