Include High Street Estate Agents in Business rate suspension

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Confirm that the recently announce business rate holiday in other sectors will Include Estate Agents based in High Street premises paying under £51,000

At this time small local businesses in the Estate and Lettings agency business need the same support from government given to other sectors. These local entrepreneurs employ local people to support the community and the Covid 19 outbreak is having the same financial impact on the property sector. Not to include Estates agents, based in the same locations is prejudice and putting jobs at risk.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

The Government has confirmed that the business rates holiday has been extended to include estate agents: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/875613/Expanded_Retail_Discount_Guidance_25.03.20.doc.pdf.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

Timeline

16 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
1 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Apr 2020

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