{"id":367046,"date":"2026-01-13T03:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/367046\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T03:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:32:12","slug":"abbots-bromley-goats-head-pub-landlord-welcomes-rates-climbdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/367046\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbots Bromley Goat&#8217;s Head pub landlord welcomes rates climbdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An expected climbdown by the government over business rate bill rises faced by pubs in England has been cautiously welcomed by a Staffordshire landlord. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The move follows pressure from pub owners and industry groups that included more than 1,000 publicans banning Labour MPs from their hostelries, in protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While the chancellor lowered business rates, the value of the businesses rose, which will lead to a higher rates bill for many, from April. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ian Hillman, who runs the Goat&#8217;s Head in Abbot&#8217;s Bromley, believes the bans have had an impact. &#8220;If [ministers] reduce the multiplier, that will reduce the amount we have to pay, so that will be greatly appreciated.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An expected climbdown by the government over business rate bill rises faced by pubs in England has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-367046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}