Government warns of zero tolerance of ‘commercial vandalism’

The property industry has been firmly warned by the government today that any attempt to avoid paying new empty rate bills through deliberate vandalism of properties will be met with a ‘zero tolerance’ retaliation.

Jennifer Rigby, Property Week - 25th March 2008

Local government minister John Healey has set out tough measures to combat so-called ‘commercial vandalism’ in order to avoid paying the charges, estimated to raise up to £1bn for the government annually, which become effective next week - full article