Barristers: Coronavirus
(asked on 3rd June 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to exempt barristers from business rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This question was answered on 17th June 2020
Office space, such as barristers’ chambers, is not eligible for the retail, hospitality and leisure relief business rates relief. A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, has been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.