Business rates are pushing independent food businesses to breaking point

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As a small business owner I genuinely struggle to understand how rates can rise to levels approaching the actual annual rent itself, says Kateryna Leclerc, director at EuropaFoodXB

We recently received notice from the Valuation Office Agency that the rateable value of our warehouse premises in west London will increase from £41,000 to £60,500 – an increase of almost 50% year on year. Our annual rent for the property is already approximately £70,000 per year.

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