FPB in rates plea; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards.GOVERNMENT plans to introduce a supplementary business rate should be held to ease the financial strain on small firms. Lobby group the Forum of Private Business (FPB FPB Forum of Private Business (UK) FPB Forest Practices Board FPB Fritz's Polka Band FPB Fast Patrol Boat FPB Flexor Pollicis Brevis FPB Fédération Pétrolière Belge (Belgium) FPB Farmland Protection Board ) is urging the Government to reduce the burden on small firms, and says the Business Rates Supplements Bill, allowing councils to impose additional rates, would be an ideal opportunity to do so. Firms face a double whammy double whammy Noun informal a devastating setback made up of two elements double whammy n (col) → palo doble double whammy n (inf rates blow with a planned 5% rates increase next month. The FPB is calling on the Government to scrap the 5% rise until at least next year. |
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