Payments, changes and your account
Pay business rates
Paying business rates
Business rates direct debit
Set up a direct debit for your business rates bill
Business rates account
View your balance, correspondence and instalments
Report a business rates move
Tell us about a move for your business
Make a business rates change
Tell us about a change make sure your bill is correct
Business rates refunds
If your account is in credit, we can refund this to you
Charges and debt
What are business rates?
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties
Calculating business rates
How business rates are calculated
Rates checker
Find and check your business rates valuation
Business rates for new properties
How business rates are charged on a new property
Changes and revaluation
Why your rateable value could change and the transitional relief that could apply after a revaluation
Appealing your rateable value
Appeals against rateable values can be made free of charge
Business rates recovery
If you fall behind with your payments we may need to take action
Reliefs and exemptions
Empty exemption
Your property may be temporarily exempt from business rates if empty
Expanded retail discount
Additional business rates support for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses that occupy a qualifying property
Mandatory and discretionary charitable rate relief
Where the ratepayer of an occupied property is a registered charity or a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) then 80% mandatory rate relief can be awarded
Nursery discount
Additional business rates support for eligible nursery businesses that occupy a qualifying property
Other reliefs and exemptions
Explore ways to reduce your business rates bill