Under new measures Entrepreneurs
will have more freedom to begin a business from home the Government announced.
The measures include
legislation which will make it simpler to run a company from a rented property
and new guidance on business rates.
There will also be updates
to planning guidance to make it clear that planning permission will not
normally be required to run a home-based business.
Business minister Matthew
Hancock said: "It's this spirit of personal endeavour and
self-determination that is driving our economic recovery.
"But home businesses
don't just fire up the economic engines and create jobs, they turn dormitory
towns into living communities, they keep our streets safer, and by driving down
car emissions, cleaner too.
"We'll give people the
confidence they need to run a business from a rented home, making sure that the
majority of home businesses are exempt from business rates and our aspiring
entrepreneurs have the information they need to start up and grow."
Under the measures a new
model tenancy agreement will be made available to landlords.
The law will also be
changed so landlords can be confident that agreeing to a business within their
property will not undermine their tenancy agreement.
Liz Peace, chief executive
of the British Property Federation, said it firmly supported the removal of
"unnecessary barriers" to setting up at home.
"At least some of the
kitchen table businesses of today will expand and become the commercial
property space-seekers of tomorrow," she said.
"We therefore have an
interest in ensuring that the law and our sector is adapting to modern business
practice and supporting UK entrepreneurs at every stage of their business
development."
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