THE Business Centre Association (BCA) is hosting a House of Commons reception today, inviting cross-party MPs and members of the cabinet to rethink the removal of the empty property rates relief for small businesses.
The BCA is the UK’s only trade organisation representing the flexible space sector.
The reception will detail the impact the tax has had on the commercial property and small business sectors, as well as the wider economy, since the legislation was introduced in 2008.
The BCA has lobbied against the change to the empty property rates legislation since its introduction, arguing that it is a tax on hardship and has had a negative impact on regeneration.
