1.   A number of banks and building societies are paying generous rates to cash Isa customers.

2.   Cheshire, Skipton and Derbyshire building societies are among those that run offshore accounts and tend to pay attractive rates of interest.

3.   Disabled Persons and pensioners who have not previously paid rates will also receive extra help under the transitional relief scheme.

4.   Firms within enterprise zones would not pay rates for ten years, local government being reimbursed for lost revenue by the Treasury.

5.   Generous overtime rates are paid for late-night and weekend work.

6.   However, many halls of residence will have to pay business rate because many of them undertake business activities in the recesses.

7.   In addition they must pay heavy rates for the major drainage schemes.

8.   Institutions that hit the headlines with accounts paying top-flight rates might also have a few skeletons in the cupboard.

9.   Second, local firms paid business rates on their property.

10.   Some business travelers manage to wriggle their way up to the front cabin without paying those rates.