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June 14, 2017
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ING ERS LEFT REEL MARKET TRAD TED BUSINESS RATES DA CK AT £7K BA By Kirsty Purnell
and no rate the businesses closing of Autumn payments anyway.” the Royal Manoj Isaac, owner father to a and A spokesperson for said: “We have and May jeweller a £7,400 bill. h Borough of Greenwic Greenwich newborn son, faces local have an eight been engaging with ’I’m so worried. I the business If I go out of Market traders since As we do not year lease here. to sell my rates bills were issued. the collector, business, I’d have to pay off the as s set the rates, but act to extend personal belonging the lease,” he by on we are not in a position granted by £32,000 that’s left Major disruption causedmarket from was to the the rates relief that said. renovation works Valuation Office. work is done a 75 per cent the Government’s “They can say the up - but February 2015 saw to to the back for shop owners, Ratepayers may appealfeel that the and put the rates back up.” discount in rates they the severe hit to Valuation Office if custom hasn’t gone of Origin help them cope with incorrect. Pamela East, owner plus an added current value is business. has offered extended 2016, but with £5,442 council “The Work ended in May financially and Gallery, owes to traders of eighteen per g business rates hike shock. I showed repayment terms traders still recoverin meeting the a contact from the experiencing difficulty hardship cent. “It was such having received no set rates, they nt and who rates. Business Ratesin very the letter to my accounta Valuation Office, was continuing. going to cry.” be granted relief was can I the relief thought expected nces, and we is offering sent out midexceptional circumsta s that are in Greenwich Council However, the letters payment plans discount should have made businesse facility. businesses monthly the blow, but May told them the of this year ago – and to help them absorb nowhere near hardship aware have been lifted a this is ch Market is worldpay. to say have “Greenwi traders they the now many visitors blow to traders, renowned and attracts enough to help them. to the This is a second to assist we will continue a rate increase appealing and face are year a They already we who revaluation which Valuation Office to take into account and support traders wherever after the April 2017 e. has not recovered are able.” took place nationwid Arty Globe by that business rson said: “We at least stagger of A VOA spokespe and to wipe-out or calling on the Isaac Lilos, owner a backdated cases. are also do not discuss individual in rateable Hartwig Brawn, faces a 33 per cent the bill. They hardship funds, if plus Any temporary reduction council to release in bill of over £4,000 rates. to material changes business them. due his on have value they increase usually apply at us as a of both is just circumstances will disruption – for “Can they not look “The combination y? We are trying of the businesses to period small communit the for for much hardship too after a very period of some recovered from example, for the to re-build our businessGlobe’s Isaac. bear. We still haven’t some of us,” remove any Arty kill roadworks. We must difficult time,” said the works. This will what to do. I end up with all he said. “I don’t know money to pay.” “If they don’t, they’ll the have don’t simply
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doctors. months to live by Borough of defy her Leader of the Royal She managed to Member into remission woman Greenwich and Cabinet prognosis by going A BLACKHEATHto raise National and Sustainability, short-lived as the for Regeneration THE UK’S first ever is on but the joy was is on a crusade Air Day is a weeks and was more said: “National Clean people to Clean Air Day (NCAD) s can cancer returned £25,000 every three ever, having her mother great way of prompting Thursday and resident aggressive than in a bid to keep in a number of the car at home. her heart and neck. involved to leave get spread e residents alive. . We were Lisa, has “The aim is to encourag council-run events. walking “It’s been traumatic better and as Lori Harris’ Mum, include school something new, suchworking Cancer but never get try to Activities she’d Ovarian 4 told ill ations, Stage school, car demonstr then she gets rounds of walking the kids to buses, driverless then she did. And after getting five h using park-andin Germany, has from home, cycling, a site tour of the Greenwic again,” said Lori. ed that her Immunotherapy sharing.” District halve in size. ride schemes or car in the Peninsula Low Carbon bicycle and Lori was determin seen her tumours fight back electric interested not face another Centre, ld's Residents would Energy mother 46-year-o The Low Carbon and free bicycle after the “horrific” has defied Greenwich Peninsula tour or the car demonstrations round of chemo against the cancer with UK ce and Energy Centre the first experien stations. of District opinion, repair nal effects in ation must professio the banner of herapy clinic that her only driverless car demonstr Operating under found the Immunot doctors telling her so that tour future”, NCAD she’s got a chemo until she register their interest “healthy air, healthy up and down Stuttgart. looks happy, healthy, option was to get allocated – We herapy not numbers can be “It was our last hope. how women aims to get residentsabout air zest for life.” dies, with Immunot cancer. saw family is please email greener@ the country thinking can do to researched it and The price tag for treatment available for ovarian .uk they had managed to with already sold royalgreenwich.gov along to the pollution and what on their last legs hefty, however, The Harris’ have to fund the she can pop a time and to be the clinic after it,” down. own of it Residents they out £25,000 bring g walk costing everythin in the anytime between to be performed said. “When we learned about the family Greenwich Centre a bicycle Air pollution has been therapy – including – and are now effective, it needs get as levels have around the 9am and 2pm to headlines in 2017 every three weeks. to pay Paul it we were jumping home and two cars for the final have become more about more increased and people risks, which tune-up, find out room.” “We’re robbing Peter and our turning to the public g we have. health It’s really, really about the e-bike schemeEmission more aware of the “We’ve sold everythinI have to do at the moment. push. heart attacks Low myself now. tumours by half. Sharing Cities and include asthma attacks, es. But I wouldn’t put I only have her, “It’s shrunk her said. at reduction hard. the stress if I didn’t think it rhood (LEN) programm she looking diabetes. her,” Neighbou just for and not this through We’re Thorpe, Deputy here Lori. remission is a Councillor Danny You can donate could work,” said here. Long term d with /lisatogermany June 14 2017 17 Lisa, 26. www.gofundme.com Lisa was first diagnose given six possibility,” said her after the in in 2015 and was “The difference ming. She cancer overwhel just is therapy
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