{"id":30758,"date":"2025-06-10T22:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/uttoxeter-coffee-shop-could-shut-over-high-rates-owner-says\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T22:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:11:36","slug":"uttoxeter-coffee-shop-could-shut-over-high-rates-owner-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/uttoxeter-coffee-shop-could-shut-over-high-rates-owner-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Uttoxeter coffee shop could shut over high rates, owner says"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Joe Ingleton is the owner of Fueled Coffee in Uttoxeter<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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High business rates could lead to a coffee shop closure, its owner said.<\/p>\n

Joe Ingleton, who has runs Fueled Coffee in Uttoxeter for four years, said his business rates had more than doubled.<\/p>\n

“We charge \u00a33.40 for a coffee and I don’t think they realise how many coffees I have to sell to get that covered before I start with the wage, rent, electric bills,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said he wanted more support from East Staffordshire Borough Council. The council said the government in recent tax years had set the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief at 75% of the business rates bill, but the level of relief had been reduced to 40%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fueled has been trading in Carters Square, Uttoxeter, since 2021<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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He said he previously paid \u00a33,243 in business rates charges but his bill for 2025\/26 increased to \u00a37,784.<\/p>\n

“I can’t carry on with these high [business] rates,” he told BBC Radio Stoke. <\/p>\n

“Sometimes I feel sick, I cant sleep, I just want to stay indoors and its not motivational at all.<\/p>\n

“The council say it’s for small businesses, this is their chance to stand up and say its wrong.”<\/p>\n

Mr Ingleton said he was passionate about the community and his business but found the current business rates were affecting his mental health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A council spokesman said the increase in business rates was due to government providing RHL businesses with a relief on their business rates charges over the last few years.<\/p>\n

“In 2023\/24 and 2024\/25 tax years the RHL relief was set by the government at 75% of the business rates bill,” they said.<\/p>\n

“However for the 2025\/26 tax year the level of relief has been reduced by the government to 40%.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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