Low rates key to business mood in Midleton

Despite the recession Midleton remains a thriving town for business and its chamber president says that is in no small part due to the town council cutting its rates by 9% over the last three years.

Midleton now has the second lowest rates in the county at €60.35.

Midleton Chamber of Commerce president Donal Kelleher said the town council had helped businesses through the recession and that was why shoppers see very few boarded-up premises compared with other towns.