Business rates explained
How your business rates are worked out
Find the rateable value of your business property and see how this is used to work out your business rates.
Discounts for small businesses
Small business rate relief for businesses with rateable values of less than £15,000
Empty properties and business rates
Exemptions from business rates for unoccupied properties
Retail, hospitality and leisure discount
Business rates reductions for shops, hospitality and leisure premises
Charities and sports clubs
Business rate reductions for registered charities and community sports clubs
Nurseries discount
Business rates discounts for nurseries for the financial year 2020-21
Pubs, rural businesses and local newspapers
Business rate reductions for pubs, businesses in rural areas and local newspapers
New commercial property discount
Business rates relief for four years to help businesses investing in the borough
Business rates revaluation 2017
Transitional arrangements if your business rates changed in April 2017, supporting small business relief and local discretionary relief