On a visit to a Glasgow deli and restaurant this morning, Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay will call for pubs and restaurants to be given 100% rates relief when the Scottish Budget is introduced next month.
The plan for pubs and restaurants means they would pay no business rates at all next year. Mr Findlay said it was part of a “common sense approach” that would “help a sector struggling more than ever after Labour’s tax-grabbing budget”.
It forms part of a bold programme to support business and undo the damage of SNP tax rises, which also offers 40 per cent rates relief for Scottish retail, hospitality and leisure venues and reductions in income tax and LBTT.
Mr Findlay said the Scottish Conservatives would “put money back in the pockets of workers, businesses and would-be homeowners”, and contrasted his plans with the left-wing consensus among the other parties at Holyrood.
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said: “Pubs and restaurants have been hammered by the SNP’s high taxes and anti-growth policies.
“Our 100% rates relief for pubs and restaurants is a bold move to help a sector struggling more than ever after Labour’s tax-grabbing budget.
“The Scottish Conservatives want to start to undo the damage inflicted by Labour and the SNP with our plans to reduce income tax, business rates and LBTT.
“Unlike the left-wing parties in the Scottish Parliament, our common sense approach would put money back in the pockets of workers, businesses and would-be homeowners.
“The Holyrood consensus is to take more and more taxpayers’ money while offering less and less in return. We want to give households and businesses more freedom and control over the money they’ve worked hard for.”