“ Business rates are fixed by the Valuation Office Agency part of central government. Business rates on high street shops bare no resemblance to the actual rental values. The system is a disgrace and central government seems unable to fix the Valuation Office (basically they are not interested reforming the rates system as all their time is taken up with brexit) . It is therefore nothing to do with Barnet Council- try lobbying our local MP who holds her surgeries once a month just across the road. ”