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Supreme Court rates ruling is only first step in right direction

By 2017-03-10T00:00:00

Empty office

Source: Shutterstock/Zhu Difeng

Last week’s Supreme Court ruling that the owners of stripped-out office developments should not have to pay business rates was hailed by experts as a “victory for common sense” - but questions still remain over the impact of the decision.

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