Hugo Bessis
Centre for Cities
United Kingdom
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Business chiefs are wrong to blame business rates for decline of the high street
There are good reasons to reform the business rates system – but doing so won't save high street retail → Read More
Manchester must make tough choices to sustain its urban renaissance
Getting the right balance of commercial and residential property in the city centre will be crucial for Manchester’s economy → Read More
The 3 planning policies intensifying London’s property problems – and what needs to change
The planning system must adapt to the economic and social challenges the capital faces today → Read More
City Space Race
This report from Centre for Cities looks at how competing demands for developing both housing and office spaces could have an impact on cities in future. → Read More
3 reasons why business rates reform would help firms as well as cities
Changes are needed to make the system fairer and more transparent for businesses → Read More
Business rates: maximising the growth incentive across the country
How the Government can ensure that business rates devolution supports long-term economic growth in cities across the country → Read More
The Economic Geography of the Gatwick Diamond
The Gatwick Diamond is a strong performer in the UK economy but its success also brings pressures → Read More
London shouldn’t be allowed to keep all its business rates – yet
Full business rates retention for the capital is unfeasible without an economic transformation in other UK cities → Read More
How and why do wages vary across British cities?
The geography of pay in UK cities highlights the need to drive private sector growth in places outside the Greater South East → Read More
Will setting tax rates locally help to drive economic growth?
Giving places control of tax rates can have positive economic impacts, but will not be a panacea for sluggish local economies → Read More
What do new business rates pilots tell us about Government’s appetite for devolution?
Experimenting with a bottom-up approach to rates reform is welcome, but it remains to be seen if it can be effective → Read More
Is fiscal devolution off the table following the Queen’s Speech?
Dropping business rates devolution now would be a backwards step by the Government → Read More
General Election 2017 Issue 8: Social Care
Social care requirements are not the same across the country → Read More
Beyond business rates
How increasing local tax-raising powers can incentivise cities to grow. → Read More