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Enjoying a drop of red.
Many might argue that having an air ambulance that has to rely on charitable donations for its existence is hardly fair either.It's all rather academic as Business Rates go to the government rather than the Council - for now. My guess is that the Council are preparing for the time when they get to keep the Business Rates, the last thing they would want to do is give free space away so losing a "charity" shop is a good business move. Given the amount of new stock I now see in Charity shops I would question whether they should all be entitled to the relief in any case. Selling new stock from the same suppliers that other Retailers buy from without the business costs of standard Retailers is simply not fair.