LGA Business Opinion Survey

Poll of businesses regarding business rates for the Local Government Association

Two thirds of UK businesses agree that business rates should be set locally in discussion with local businesses.

Q: To what extent would you agree or disagree that business rates should be set locally in discussion with local businesses?

	%
NET: Agree	68%
Strongly agree	42%
Tend to agree	26%
Neither agree nor disagree	18%
Tend to disagree	3%
Strongly disagree	4%
NET: Disagree	7%
Don’t know	7%

Half (47%) of UK businesses are concerned about the impact of cuts to council services on their business over the next couple of years.

Q: As you may know, local councils are responsible for a range of services such as parking, road maintenance, planning, street cleaning and licensing. How concerned, if at all, are you about the impact of cuts to council services on your business over the next couple of years?

	%
NET: Concerned	47%
Very concerned	18%
Fairly concerned	29%
Not very concerned	22%
Not at all concerned	27%
Don’t know	3%

Date Published: 2nd March 2015

Client: Local Government Association (LGA)

Methodology

ComRes interviewed 500 UK businesses over the telephone between 2^nd and 12^th February 2015. Data were weighted to be representative of all UK businesses with a turnover of £50,000+.