As we have previously reported AIM [Alliance member] has been campaigning for a fairer way of calculating business rates and recently helped fund legal advice for an Upper Tribunal case involving York Museum and Gallery Trust (YMT) because of its implications for many other museums, as well as AIM’s Vice Chair appearing as an expert witness at the Tribunal.
Colin Hunter, business rates director at national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), has been advising YMT in respect of its appeals against the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) for several years. In a piece for AIM he talks about the recent Upper Tribunal hearing result and its significance for other museums.