Article: Village pubs' and rural petrol stations' rate bills cut in half.

Article: Plea for village pubs
The Independent - London;  December 5, 1999 ;     221 words ...Six village pubs close for good each week, says the Countryside Agency, which called for the Government to give village pubs 50 per cent rate relief.

Article: Village pubs hope for a cash lifeline from Labour
The Independent - London;  February 13, 2000 ;     677 words ... ... into plans to offer rate relief to ailing village pubs, under a similar scheme ... already receive mandatory rate relief. "We believe many ... which can be made for rate relief." Mr Bradley added that village pubs in some areas should ...

Article: Village pubs could be given public money ; ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  October 7, 2008 ;     690 words ...Village pubs could receive public money in recognition ... some in the Westcountry - in helping village pubs. "We are lobbying all the time to try ... to raise awareness of the Village Shop Rate Relief Scheme, introduced a decade ago, allowing ...

Article: Rate relief call
Evening Mail;  October 17, 2000 ;     221 words ...SIR Michael Spicer, West Worcestershire MP, has written to Deputy Prime Minister Mr John Prescott calling for village pubs to be given the same rate relief of 50 per cent as rural post offices.

Article: Rate relief call.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  October 17, 2000 ;     227 words ...SIR Michael Spicer, West Worcestershire MP, has written to Deputy Prime Minister Mr John Prescott calling for village pubs to be given the same rate relief of 50 per cent as rural post offices.

Article: Calling time on village pub dream; Ross Reyburn discovers that ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 30, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... discovered as well as the village shop rate relief scheme, rural businesses with a rateable ... 000 can be entitled to a 100 per cent rate relief. A month ago, they launched a national campaign for rural pubs publicising the rate relief and seeking the right to sell pubs as ...

Article: Village pubs in danger, MPs told.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  March 6, 2000 ;     405 words ... ... Parliamentary Beer Group was set to hear calls for rate relief to be given to some rural pubs in the ... than 3,000 population get 50 per cent rate relief - we want a commitment to extend that rate relief to pubs." A countryside White Paper ...