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[email protected] · June 17th 14, 08:08 PM posted to cam.transport,uk.transport.london

In article ,
(JNugent) wrote:

On 17/06/2014 12:57, wrote:
In article ,
(Roland Perry) wrote:

In message , at
06:06:02 on Tue, 17 Jun 2014, remarked:
Borough boundaries can be moved. The boundary of Enfield was moved to
match the M25 in the 1990s.

It seems to be easier in London. Cambridge has been stuck since 1934.
A lot of building across the boundary has taken place since then.

Including of course SJIC, which is literally built "across" the
border. The reception is in the City and the canteen is in South
Cambs. How do they apportion the business rates?

Not a problem. It's been done for years. Only a small part of SJIC is
outside the city, by the way. Unless they have extended it rather since
we were there.

Do business rates vary by council anyway?

I know they used to, but this was abolished by the introduction of
the uniform business rate back in the late 80s.

With the new business rates regime it matters which council area it's in,
but for the councils rather than the ratepayers. This assumes there is no
BID (Business Improvement District) involved.

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Colin Rosenstiel