Business leaders send ‘unequivocal message’ to Robison demanding rates freeze

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Thirty-five business organisations united in a letter to the Deputy First Minister as she draws up the Scottish Budget for 2024-25.

Business leaders have urged the Deputy First Minister not to increase their rates bill in next month’s Scottish Budget, with 35 organisations uniting to send an “unequivocal message” to Shona Robison.

SCC chief executive Liz Cameron is one of the business leaders who signed the joint plea to Ms Robison as she prepares to announce the Scottish Government’s tax and spending plans for 2024-25 in the Budget on December 19. It warns that “after three-and-a-half turbulent years of the pandemic and costs crunch”, trading conditions for businesses “remain challenging”.

Leaders of groups including the Scottish Retail Consortium, the Scottish Grocers’ Federation, the Scottish Tourism Alliance, the Scotch Whisky Association, the Federation of Independent Retailers Scotland, the Federation of Small Businesses Scotland, the Institute of Directors Scotland, the Scottish Property Federation, UKHospitality Scotland, the Scottish Beer and Pub Association, the Scottish Licensed Trade Association and Homes for Scotland have also put their names to the letter.

She added: “Concerningly, businesses now share the view that Scotland has become a more difficult place to do business than at any point in recent memory. “If increased in line with current CPI inflation, this could see ratepayers across Scotland face an extra £205 million on their rates bills from next spring.

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