Roof relief urged by CE
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COMPANIES should remow roofs from redundant pror and so avoid paying rates, Confederation of British In try said last week.
As part of the CBI's camp for reduced local authority bills for industry, deputy d tor-general Bryan Rigby I lighted examples of where panies have taken such dr action to remove their lial for rates.
According to the CBI, Ru Owen has saved £300,000 tr molishing half a million sq feet of factory space at Da ton, in the West Midlands, other companies have ca out partial or complete der tion or have divided premis two.
Mr Rigby says compE should canvass their emplo and councillors and MPs to ( attention to the danger o creased rates leading to hi unemployment, and it v% rates to be held at their pr€ level this year, with reduc1 and exemptions intro& wherever possible.