Business rates16 Nov 2020 10:12
Some papers suggesting MPs want the big supermarkets to pay back the
business rate relief because dividends have been paid....
The fact is without Covid-19 dividends would have been paid anyway & it is clear the
amount paid on safety, extra staff etc has counteracted the relief received, so the supermarkets
are no better off as a result so I think to ask them to pay this back is unfair....