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Call to freeze business rates to give High Streets 'breathing space'

21 May 2013 | Call to freeze business rates to give High Streets 'breathing space'

  • Alex Morton, Head of Housing, Planning & Urban Policy at Policy Exchange, is quoted in The Evening Standard trailing findings from an upcoming report by Policy Exchange which will recommend freezing business rates for two years to provide breathing space for more retail policy reforms to be implemented.

    • Think-tank joins the call for a freeze on high street rates

    21 May 2013 | Think-tank joins the call for a freeze on high street rates

  • Policy Exchange trailed recommendations in The Independent from an upcoming report by Alex Morton, Head of Housing, Planning & Urban Policy, to temporarily freeze business rates for two years to ease pressure on shops.

    • SMEs are too reliant on short-term debt from just five banks

    21 May 2013 | SMEs are too reliant on short-term debt from just five banks

  • The Telegraph’s business leader column references Policy Exchange's proposal from an upcoming report to temporarily freeze business rates for two years to ease pressure on high street retailers, saying that a short term freeze is a “sensible idea”.

    • Government 'should freeze business rates for two years' to help high street

    21 May 2013 | Government 'should freeze business rates for two years' to help high street

  • The Daily Telegraph report recommendations from a future Policy Exchange report to temporarily freeze business rates for two years to ease pressure on shops.

    • Treasury opposes Osborne’s RBS shares transfer to public

    20 May 2013 | Treasury opposes Osborne’s RBS shares transfer to public

  • Writing in The Times, banking editor Sam Coates refers to Policy Exchange's upcoming report looking at how the government might sell off our nationalised banks. The report will examine different options for selling off RBS and Lloyds, including the possibility of a mass share distribution to the public.

    • Alex Morton on Channel 5 News

    17 May 2013 | Alex Morton on Channel 5 News

  • Alex Morton, Head of Housing, Planning & Urban Policy at Policy Exchange, appeared on Channel 5 News in a debate responding to calls by Education Secretary Michael Gove to build more attractive housing in the countryside. Alex said it is crucial to improve the quality of new homes being built in order to increase support for greater levels of housing construction.

    • David Cameron raises prospect of 1980s-style RBS sell-off

    16 May 2013 | David Cameron raises prospect of 1980s-style RBS sell-off

  • The Guardian refers to an upcoming banking report by Policy Exchange, which will examine various possibilities for selling off RBS and Lloyds, including the option of a mass share distribution to the public.

    • Cameron backs plan to give RBS shares to public

    16 May 2013 | Cameron backs plan to give RBS shares to public

  • The Times refers to an upcoming report by Policy Exchange's James Barty which will consider various options the government could sell off RBS and Lloyds, including the possibility of a mass share distribution to the public.

    • Cameron hints at move to get RBS in good health for sale

    16 May 2013 | Cameron hints at move to get RBS in good health for sale

  • Policy Exchange's upcoming banking report which will look at different options for selling off RBS and Lloyds, including the possibility of a mass share distribution to the public, is trailed in The Financial Times in an article discussing David Cameron's plans to prepare RBS for sale as soon as possible.

    • Come and get ’em: plan to offer RBS shares at no risk

    15 May 2013 | Come and get ’em: plan to offer RBS shares at no risk

  • In a front page piece in the business section of The Times, banking editor, Sam Coates, trailed upcoming report by Policy Exchange which will examine how the government might sell off the UK's nationalised banks RBS and Lloyds, including the possibility of a mass share distribution to the public.