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Retailers and associations call for business rates action in letter to chancellor

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Sixty chief executives of Britain’s biggest retailers and retail bodies, including Spar, Bira, BRC and SGF, have signed a letter sent to the chancellor Rachel Reeves to ask for action ahead of the Autumn Budget. Helen Dickinson, chief executive at the British Retail Consortium (BRC),…

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