Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01794 · Session 5

New eligibility criteria for the Small Business Bonus Scheme

Closed Submitted 31 Jan 2020 Business & Industry
Signatures
0
21 online signatures with a country
Comments
5
Considered
1 meeting
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to expand the eligibility criteria for the Small Business Bonus Scheme to ensure that small businesses can benefit from it, no matter what their location.

What the petitioner did first

I have contacted my local Councillor and MSP. I have also contacted relevant Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries within the Scottish Government.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 26 Aug 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

21 online signatures
  1. Scotland20 95.2%
  2. United Kingdom1 4.8%

Comments

5 comments, oldest first
  1. Pearl Hamilton 3 Feb 2020
    Non domestic rates should not be managed by local authorities. Small Business Scheme is crucial for survival of small businesses.
  2. John Thomson 3 Feb 2020
    500% increase in rates if continues I will have to close
  3. David Pierotti 3 Feb 2020
    Please revisit the small business rate criteria and £18k threshold on rateable value , its killing small operators and costing jobs
  4. John Duffy 10 Feb 2020
    Unfair Business Rates policies are severely damaging retail, and resulting in job losses
  5. Alexandru Alexa 20 Feb 2020
    I currently manage a business in Silverburn Shopping Centre and have tried to appeal this as it is a high rate to pay for the turnover we have year on year.