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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

FOUND: It s a hospitality wide problem night time traders react to business rates relief plan - You Need To See This

a Turkish cafe diner open at night in London
A night-time cafe diner on Oxford Street, London. UKHospitality says the rising cost of doing business is a hospitality-wide problem that needs a hospitality-wide solution. Photograph: Parmorama/Alamy

Gyms, local shops, restaurants, nightclubs and pharmacies have criticised the government for not extending business rates support beyond pubs and live music venues.

The Treasury announced on Tuesday that every pub and live music venue in England would get 15% off its new business rates bill from 1 April, worth an average of £1,650 for each, with bills frozen in real terms for a further two years.

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