As you may have seen over the summer, the Government has introduced a provision which in future will mean that petitions with 100,000 signatures will be debated in Parliament. There are therefore many petitions now circulating, but one of the better ones, which we think deserves support, focuses on Empty Property Rates. More...

Roger Littlewood (Vice-Chairman of the IBRF) has tendered his resignation from the IBRF due to a change in his personal circumstances, such that he is no longer employed within the Banking industry. More...

Over the coming weeks, business owners will be receiving correspondence from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) advising them to check the details of their property valuation to ensure they’re correct and directing them to a newly-created website.  The website is designed to guide busy business owners all the way through, giving them everything they need to check the details and feel confident that their valuation is fair and accurate. More...

The Inter-Bank Rating Forum are keen supporters of BID's.  Member organisations decided to lend their support to the establishment of BID's within the UK provided that certain criteria were met. The IBRF published this definitive criteria in order that all prospective & operating BID's would have clear guidance on what the Financial Services industry required & expected in terms of governance & business plan from each BID. Generally, if each BID complied with the criteria, IBRF members would lend their support to the BID proposals. More...

John Fletcher has been elected as Chairman of the IBRF with effect from 1 January 2009. More...