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The National Ratepayers Forum (formerly the National Ratepayers Valuation Forum) was launched by the Valuation Office Agency in 2000 to help us talk and exchange information with ratepayers and the Forum has helped the VOA make significant improvements to the ways in which we collect and present information as part of the revaluation process. It also allows discussion about wider policy issues related to business rates.
Meetings of the Forum are held regularly and records of meetings are published on the VOA website.
The current membership of the Forum includes:
Action with Communities in Rural England |
Association of Charity Shops |
Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants |
Association of Convenience Stores |
Association of Town Centre Managers |
Boots plc |
British Beer and Pub Association |
British Chambers of Commerce |
British Council for Offices |
British Hardware Federation |
British Hospitality Association |
British Property Federation |
British Retail Consortium |
Business in Sport and Leisure |
CBI – Voice of Business |
Central Council for Physical Recreation |
Country Land and Business Association |
Department for Communities and Local Government |
Engineering Industries Association |
Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations |
Federation of Small Businesses |
Forum of Private Business |
HBoS plc |
Institute of Directors |
Inter-Bank Rating Forum |
Local Government Association |
National Assembly for Wales |
National Association of Master Bakers |
National Hairdressers Federation |
National Federation of Retail Newsagents |
National Pharmacyl Association |
Petrol Retailers Association |
Property Management Reform Group |
Property Managers Association |
Small Business Bureau |
Small Business Service (DTI) |
Valuation Office Agency |
Valuation Tribunal Service |
Valuation Tribunal Service in Wales |
Welsh Health Estates |
Members of the main professional groups whose members deal with rating valuations - the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation and the Rating Surveyors Association - also participate as observers in order to provide advice where required.
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