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Land & Property Services (LPS) is encouraging businesses who have been impacted by the fire in Belfast city centre to contact them to discuss support available for rates.

If their premises have been severely damaged by the fire, they should make an application to the District Valuer with LPS to have the NAV reassessed.

Information available online at: https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/business-rates-valuing-alterations-existing-properties

Responding to the publication of the ‘No Deal’ Brexit Papers by the UK Government, Retail NI Chief Executive Glyn Roberts said:

“It is the right course of action for the UK Government to publish these papers, giving businesses the necessary technical information in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario”

“Retail NI is concerned that a no Brexit deal could result in higher food prices, increased delays and red tape at borders and a possible VAT hike for consumers and businesses”

It is frankly hard to believe that we are fast approaching 600 days without a working Government in Northern Ireland. While this is not ‘officially’ a new Guinness world record it does our international reputation no favours at all.

In those 600 days since we last had a Government, the world and economic policy has moved on. That’s why we need to see a new Programme for Government with radical changes made to economic policy to ensure we get sustainable growth and stronger productivity levels as we fast approach Brexit.

Three of Northern Ireland’s leading business organisations are to jointly host a major Northern Ireland Business and Economy event at Westminster in September.

Retail NI, Hospitality Ulster and Manufacturing NI are hosting the event on 5^th September, which will be addressed by the Secretary of State, Karen Bradley and the Shadow Secretary, Tony LIoyd, on the Terrace at the House of Commons.

This is the first time NI based business groups have hosted such an event at Westminster, to which MPs, Peers, NI businesses and London-based Diplomats will be invited.