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Thousands of companies in the capital say they fear they'll | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
be forced to close - as a result of planned increases | :00:09. | :00:11. | |
in business rates to be introduced in April. | :00:12. | :00:14. | |
London will be hardest hit - with some areas facing a rise | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
Today, a coalition of businesses and local councils joined the Mayor | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
in calling on the Government to rethink its plans. | :00:23. | :00:24. | |
The Chancellor says he's 'listening' to concerns from businesses. | :00:25. | :00:26. | |
Here's our Political editor, Tim Donovan. | :00:27. | :00:40. | |
Leonard has fixed cars for 12 years here in Pakistan. Rapidly rising | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
rents in the area have led the rateable value of his premises to go | :00:48. | :00:54. | |
up from 16,000 to ?25,000. And that means that instead of ?7,000 per | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
year he will now have to pay 11,000. All I do is repair cars and keep | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
them on the road and there is no reason why I should be hit in such a | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
way. We need help. What will happen if you do not get help? I | :01:08. | :01:29. | |
will have to go and claim benefits and I am hoping the government has | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
money to pay me and my workers. Will you be able to carry on? Know. If I | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
was to leave the area and head towards Dagenham, I would lose my | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
customers. They would lose me. That is what they are saying. They do not | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
want me to go. There will be some transitional relief, temporary help | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
in the first few years but the warnings of closure extend to | :01:45. | :01:46. | |
players big and small. Everywhere from brick laying to Bond Street are | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
facing tax hikes and it is pubs, restaurants, retailers, large | :01:50. | :01:51. | |
storage down to corner business and it is a huge tax rise facing a lot | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
of businesses and almost ?900 million extra that is going to be | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
phased for London businesses coming up. Our members have told us that | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
over the next five years the cost of doing business will | :02:05. | :02:31. | |
mean they might have to shut up shop or move out of Central London but | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
for many businesses the likelihood is they will refrain from investing | :02:36. | :02:37. | |
or taking on more staff. Word learners businesses, Hackney, there | :02:38. | :02:39. | |
has been the greatest increase in the rateable value of property, up | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
46%, but Islington is not far behind and in Hammersmith and Fulham it has | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
gone up by a third. Other areas are not so badly hit. In Hillingdon, it | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
is up by 1% and in Merton it is 7%. Pressure is now growing on the | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
government from MPs to provide more help in London and the government | :02:52. | :02:53. | |
says its revaluation is making rates more fairly reflect the property | :02:54. | :02:55. | |
market. 140,000 firms will benefit from a pot of money to ease the | :02:56. | :02:57. | |
transition. And Marc Ashdown is central London | :02:58. | :02:57. | |
this evening because it's not just That's right. It is all businesses. | :02:58. | :03:12. | |
One of the Mayers first bits of business was to create a czar to | :03:13. | :03:18. | |
boost the economy jobs and growth and we are told that the sector | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
could be hit hard. 7000 businesses, ones which operate at night, | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
businesses, mainly retailers and restaurants could see their rents go | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
up by 50% in April. In this area, the West End, rates could go up to | :03:35. | :03:42. | |
?240 million overnight. The Mayor has joined the voices urging the | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
Chancellor for a rethink. We are saying to the government, think | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
again. In the past when there have been increases in business rates | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
made by the government, they have had a longer transitional period | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
which gives time for a business to plan, put money aside, unless the | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
government reconsiders, businesses are going to struggle. Don't forget, | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
businesses in London are feeling pretty hard done by. They have lots | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
of grapes, among them the rising costs of apprentices and pressures | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
on rent, but we are told Phillip Hammond has been meeting with London | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
MPs yesterday and we are told he is in a listening mood and it will be | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
interesting to see how all of this feeds in and what he has to say in | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
his forthcoming budget in two weeks' time. I do. | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
Five people have been arrested after causing major disruption | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
to rush hour traffic around Heathrow. | :04:40. | :04:40. | |
Anti-expansion campaigners blocked a major approach road to the airport | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
830 this morning, the main approach toddle to Heathrow Airport. A BBC | :04:44. | :04:58. | |
reporter captures the moment campaigners unblock access to | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
terminals two and three chaining themselves to their vehicle. What | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
are you doing? Outside the tunnel, traffic was building. Delays, | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
disruption for commuters and airport passengers. That tunnel was shut for | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
more than two hours. I am on my way to catch my playing. It is | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
desperate. What are you going to do? I don't know. Walk to the airport. | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
It is not good but they have a right to protest. But not on my day. It is | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
not the first protest against Heathrow expansion and it is | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
unlikely to be the last. Rarely has there been a more divisive subject. | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
One group says it wanted to highlight the impact of the proposed | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
third runway and the impact it will have on climate change. Do you think | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
this was the best way to go about it? Disrupting passengers? I | :05:48. | :05:56. | |
sympathise with that. At the same time, we felt we did not have a | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
choice. We are acting in solidarity with local people who stand to lose | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
their homes, who face noise from the flight path in their houses and | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
we're here to highlight the fact that globally we need to be really | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
significantly reducing our carbon emissions. Although the government | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
gave approval for a third runway at Heathrow as its preferred option to | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
increase capacity back in October, that doesn't guarantee it is going | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
to arrive any time soon. Public consultation into the decision is | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
currently underway and the group responsible for the disruption today | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
says they consider the process is there a submission to the | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
consultation. One campaign group in support of the expansion have dubbed | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
the actions of the protesters as counter-productive. They say the | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
pros outweigh the cons. Most local residents support expansion and they | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
do so because of the enormous benefits that will come to London | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
including 5000 new apprenticeships which will practically eradicate | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
youth unemployment. We are also talking about 77,000 new local jobs | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
and ?61 billion which will be invested in the local area which | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
will make a real difference to ordinary Londoners. Five protesters | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
were arrested. The third runway may be a long way off but those against | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
and say they will fight it all the way. | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
Commuters face disruption tomorrow due to a 24-hour tube | :07:21. | :07:22. | |
strike starting tonight. It means there will be | :07:23. | :07:24. | |
limited services all day on two major tube lines - | :07:25. | :07:26. | |
the Central and Waterloo City lines. | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
The walkout by the members of the RMT union is over moving | :07:29. | :07:31. | |
You can get regular travel updates tomorrow on our website and on BBC | :07:32. | :07:43. | |
Radio London or on Twitter by following us. | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
Sutton United's reserve goalkeeper has resigned from the club over | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
An online bookmaker had offered odds of eight-to-one that he'd be shown | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
eating a pie in the dugout during last night's FA | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
Wayne Shaw eating a pasty, he says, seem like fun? | :07:57. | :08:05. | |
Sutton United's reserve goalkeeper, improbably, | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
but this bite settled a | :08:09. | :08:09. | |
The company which sponsored Sutton's shirts had offered odds | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
Speaking on the BBC at lunchtime, Wayne Shaw | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
We're told that we're not allowed to gamble as in in, like, | :08:19. | :08:30. | |
because it's full-time football, so, you know, I've no way put anyone | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
This is definitely not the case here. | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
This is just, you know, a bit of fun and obviously me being hungry. | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
Part reserve keeper, Wayne Shaw was part groundsman, part | :08:43. | :08:44. | |
He became a focal point of their joyous FA Cup | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
The UK's Gambling Commission, concerned about novelty bets said... | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
"Integrity in sport is not a joke and we've opened an investigation | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
The Football Association equally unamused. | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
"We're investigating to establish whether there's been any breach | :09:07. | :09:08. | |
of the FA rules relating to betting", it said. | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
In the light of all this, Sutton asked Shaw to resign, he did. | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
The implications of it are wide reaching, we didn't realise it'd | :09:19. | :09:21. | |
I think Wayne's made a bad error of judgment. | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
The manager reckons 2,000 people bet and won on the pie being eaten. | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
If any of them were on Sutton's staff, well they're in trouble. | :09:32. | :09:34. | |
That's it from me, so I'll say goodnight. | :09:35. | :09:47. | |
And I'll leave you with Wendy Hurrell for a check on the weather. | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
The man's mother at the start of the week got out the blooms but we will | :09:53. | :09:59. | |
slightly backtrack as they head to the end of this week. It is turning | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
quite stormy towards the end of this week. Nothing too much to worry | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
about at the moment out there. Plenty of cloud and that will keep | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
things mild as we go through the night. We will have bits and pieces | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
of rain in the cloud and a noticeable breeze but your ice do | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
not deceive you. These are the overnight lows. We will do well to | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
get those out of daytime temperatures. A mild start tomorrow. | :10:25. | :10:41. | |
Plenty of cloud. You might need your brolly. Unnoticeable breeze but | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
noticeably mild, temperatures have a chance to get to 13 or 14 degrees. | :10:46. | :10:47. | |
This is the picture on Thursday. Breezy from the outset and then rain | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
and the numbers will head up. It really is going to be a gusty enter | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
the day, particularly up towards the evening rush hour. It calms | :10:54. | :10:54. | |
the day, particularly up towards the evening rush hour. It calms down on | :10:55. | :10:57. | |
the Outlook toward the end of the week and then milder again from the | :10:58. | :11:00. | |
wheel them. More on storm Doris now with Matt Taylor. | :11:01. | :11:03. |