{"id":1779,"date":"2014-02-18T13:10:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T13:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2014-02-18T13:10:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T13:10:29","slug":"goodway-hits-out-at-energy-based-business-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/18\/goodway-hits-out-at-energy-based-business-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodway hits out at energy based business rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1785\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cardiff-queen-street-edit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1785\" alt=\"Retailers are looking to make business rates energy based\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cardiff-queen-street-edit-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1785\" alt=\"Retailers are looking to make business rates energy based\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cardiff-queen-street-edit-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Retailers are looking to make business rates energy based<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nA Cardiff Council cabinet member has criticised recommendations by a leading trading association for a new business rates system based on energy use.<br \/>\nCouncillor Russell Goodway, cabinet member for Finance and Economic Development, said calculating business rates based on energy efficiency would not be universally popular in Cardiff.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cThe suggestion is particularly detrimental for those businesses operating in traditional environments where buildings are very old and not energy efficient.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m not sure just changing the basis on which business rates are calculated in energy is necessarily a good thing.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe British Retail Consortium today published a report outlining ground-breaking new reform options on business rates.<br \/>\nThe retailers suggested replacing the current system with a tax based on measures such as energy usage rather than property, as well as recommending more regular revaluations.<br \/>\nBut Coun Goodway said the current system was flawed and praised the Welsh Government for having committed to debating business rates.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cThere has never been a perfect system of business rates.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need a system which attracts businesses to locate to the centre. We have to use business rates as a lever to persuade people to invest.\u201d<br \/>\nGraham Morgan, director of South Wales Chamber of Commerce, said the impact on Cardiff businesses would vary.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cIf you happen to live in a single office just using lights and a PC then you will welcome these suggestions.<br \/>\n\u201cBut if you\u2019re in a large premise using a lot of energy you are not going to be too interested.\u201d<br \/>\nBusinesses in richer areas like Cardiff could also suffer because they receive less financial support to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings.<br \/>\nMatthew Jones, Environmental Sustainability Officer at Cardiff University\u2019s Welsh School of Architecture, said it is often harder to make properties in the city centre more sustainable.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cMost businesses in the city centre will be in rented properties, sometimes in historic and restricted buildings so whether or not things like solar panels can be installed is difficult.\u201d<br \/>\nBut despite the potential problems faced by Cardiff businesses to make changes to improve energy usage, Director General of the British Retail Consorium, Helen Dickinson, said the economy would benefit.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cWe have a once in a generation chance to fundamentally change the business rates system and the time is right to think creatively.<br \/>\n\u201cThese potential options would be good for the public, the economy and businesses small and large.\u201d<br \/>\nJohn Rogers, Chief Financial Officer at J Sainsbury who has chaired the project, agreed with Coun Goodway that the current system of business rates needs reform.<br \/>\nHe said: \u2018The current system is outdated and cumbersome and does nothing to encourage retailers to invest.\u201d<br \/>\nAs well as basing the tax on measures such as energy usage, the BRC\u2019s Road to Reform report also recommended rewarding job creation by offering a discount based on a given value per employee.<br \/>\nIn 2012 the Business Rates Wales Review was published after Professor Brian Morgan set up a group to examine the business rate regime in Wales.<br \/>\nMr Morgan, of the South Wales Chamber of Trade and Commerce, said the next step is for Cardiff business to feed into the Welsh Government\u2019s ongoing consultation.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cRather than another debate, we need to hear from businesses in South Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A Cardiff Council cabinet member has criticised recommendations by a leading trading association for a new business rates system based on energy use. Councillor Russell Goodway, cabinet member for Finance and Economic Development, said calculating business rates based on energy efficiency would not be universally popular in Cardiff. 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