To stop landlords inflicting extortionate rents on hard-working shopkeepers and killing our high streets, I would like to see the Government place limits on how much landlords can increase rents at rent reviews.
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Also, to encourage landlords to work better with tenants and keep their properties full, I would also like to see landlords liable for 100% of business rates for vacant premises from the day they are vacated. I have been in business for 15 years now and was subjected to a 48% rent increase in 2018. My lease expired in 2022 and in order to renew it’s going to cost me a whooping 68% increase. At the new proposed rent my business is not viable, so I closed my doors for good on May 31st 2023.