article_snippet: High streets were given a helping hand yesterday as George Osborne (pictured) announced a ‘wide-ranging review’ into crippling business rates .
article_snippet: High streets were given a helping hand yesterday as George Osborne announced a ‘wide-ranging review’ into crippling business rates.
article_snippet: But the Chancellor announced a review into the controversial levy, saying ‘you cannot create jobs without successful businesses’.
article_snippet: Tax expert Richard Rose, of BDO accountants, said the review launch was ‘welcome but long overdue’, adding that ‘any benefits of change are unlikely to filter through until well into the next Parliament’.
article_snippet: It will, therefore, be a watching brief for some time yet, which will offer little respite for mid-market retailers who continue to feel the pain of rates set in 2008.
article_snippet: the review began on Monday and retailers and organisations will be invited to give retailers and organisations opinions.
highlights_snippet: Chancellor has announced a 'wide-ranging review' into business rates .
  