Business rates: ‘We might as well hand back the keys’
Image copyright James O’Hara Image caption James O’Hara opened Public in a converted gents toilet two years ago
James O’Hara has spent £120,000 converting a disused public toilet in Sheffield into a popular cocktail bar.
But after a more than seven-fold increase in business rates, he says he “might as well hand back the keys”.
It’s stories like Mr O’Hara’s that elevated the subject of…