Asda joins rate relief rush…

In the latest example of the shortcomings of the UK Government’s decision to scrap rates relief on empty properties, Asda is demolishing one of its former call centres to cut costs. The supermarket group had planned to get consent for a £100 million redevelopment of the 6-acre site in New Barnet, Hertfordshire, but will instead knock down the building.
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