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      <title>Business leaders call for UK-wide enterprise zone</title>
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      <description>Plans to make more credit available welcomed, but do not go far enough.</description>
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      <title>Retailers affected by riots granted relief from business rates.</title>
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      <title>Ruddle Merz Review - Issue 23</title>
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      <description>Draft spending plans spark concern for many retailers.</description>
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      <title>Fourth business improvement district given green light for birmingham</title>
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      <description>BID Scheme voted in by Southside traders.</description>
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      <title>Bailiffs Prepare to Visit Council Debtors</title>
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      <description>Council cracks down on businesses with unpaid rates.</description>
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      <title>Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Legislation Proposed For Next July</title>
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      <description>Government business plan proposes TIF start date.</description>
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      <title>Cash Incentives for Green Projects</title>
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      <description>Minsters introduce a bonus scheme for renewable energy projects.</description>
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      <title>New Government Proposal for Local Business Rates Welcomed</title>
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      <description>Councils may be given the power to keep locally collected business rates.</description>
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      <title>Landlords Against 'Pub Tax' Proposal</title>
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      <description>Landlords opposed to proposed 'late night' levies.</description>
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      <title>2010 Rating List - Bogus Claims</title>
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      <description>Misleading correspondence sent to many businesses.</description>
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      <title>Are High Streets to Become a Thing of the Past?</title>
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      <description>Retail shops call for more help with rates.</description>
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      <title>Town charities to lose discretionary relief</title>
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      <title>Conservatives propose to scrap business rates for Welsh small firms</title>
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      <title>Relief at Small Business Rates 'holiday'</title>
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      <title>Government Urged to Re-think Business Rates Calculation</title>
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      <title>Increased Parking Charges Could Affect Small Business Owners</title>
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      <title>Traders Angry at Disruption Caused by Road Improvements</title>
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      <title>Empty Stores Blight the High Street</title>
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      <description>Ruddle Merz has just increased the size of its London office and continues to grow as recession-hit firms look for ways to reduce costs.</description>
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      <title>BROWN SAYS EMPTY RATES ARE "RIGHT FOR THE LONG TERM"</title>
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      <title>BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED TO AVOID EMPTY PROPERTY RATES    </title>
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      <title>New empty rates campaign launched!</title>
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      <description>A new internet campaign has been launched urging Gordon Brown to give commercial landlords one year’s grace before they pay business rates on empty buildings.</description>
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      <title>AUTORETAILING 4 JUNE 2009</title>
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      <description>Nick Sercombe from Ruddle Merz is leading a workshop for delegates </description>
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      <title>GOLF COURSE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 16-18 NOVEMBER 09</title>
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      <description>Ruddle Merz is speaking at the GCMA National Conference </description>
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      <title>REVIEW - Spring 2009</title>
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      <title>TIME IS RUNNING OUT</title>
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      <title>New Legislation</title>
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      <description>Government's announcement on deferring increase in Business Rates</description>
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      <description>Our head office is on the move!</description>
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