UK industry reacts to venues business rates cut

“A profound and positive step”: representatives from the UK live industry celebrate a 50% cut in business rates for venues, as Independent Venue Week gets underway

The Leadmill in Sheffield is one of many UK venues to benefit from the cut © The Leadmill

Venue operators and others from across the UK live industry have expressed their support for a 50% cut in business rates for small- and mid-sized grassroots music venues, in a “much-needed” boost for the country’s live venues.

After several years of campaigning by charity the Music Venue Trust (MVT), umbrella organisation UK Music and others, the government has slashed business rates – the tax levied on non-residential property in the UK – by half for music venues, saving grassroots music…

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