11th-Hour Hope for Port Firms ; the Battle to Overturn Ruinous Backdated Business Rate Charges On the Region's Port-Based Companies has Been Given a Shot in the Arm by the Conservative Party.

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The battle to overturn ruinous backdated business rate charges on the region's port-based companies has been given a shot in the arm by the Conservative Party.

At a meeting held in Immingham on Friday, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Caroline Spelman announced plans to amend the Local Democracy, Economic Development & Construction Bill, currently going through the House of Lord, to delay the introduction of the charges until 2010.

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11th-Hour Hope for Port Firms ; the Battle to Overturn Ruinous Backdated Business Rate Charges On the Region's Port-Based Companies has Been Given a Shot in the Arm by the Conservative Party.

The move would mean the backdated element of the levy would be abolished and fi...

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