Money off your business rates

You may be able to pay less in business rates. This is called rate relief.

You can read about rate relief that we give you automatically. You do not need to apply for these discounts:

exempted buildings and empty buildings relief
transitional relief if your rates change by more than a certain amount when they are revalued

You can also find out more about rate relief you can apply for, including:

Charities and community amateur sports clubs can get 80% rate relief where their business property is:

occupied by the charity or club
wholly or mainly used for the charitable purposes of the charity, or for the purposes of the club

Read more about charitable rate relief.

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You will pay less in business rates if we give you hardship relief.

To get hardship relief, you need to prove that:

you would be in financial difficulties without our help
it is in the interests of local people to give you hardship relief

If you think you should get hardship relief, contact us to explain why you qualify.

Read more about hardship relief.

Read our hardship relief policy.

You may get local newspaper relief if your property is used as an office for journalists and reporters on a local newspaper.

You cannot get local newspaper relief for magazines.

Read more about local newspaper relief.

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You may get a retail business rates discount if your business is a:

shop
restaurant, café, bar or pub
cinema or music venue
hospitality or leisure business (for example a gym, spa, casino or hotel)

Read more about retail discounts.

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If your business property is in a rural area with a population less than 3,000, you may get rate relief.

To get this, your property must be the only general store, post office, food shop, pub or petrol station in the area, with a rateable value less than certain levels.

Read more about rural rate relief.

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Depending on the rateable value of your property, you may get a reduction in your rates bill.

Read more about small business rate relief.

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You can also see the help we can give you if you're having difficulty paying your business rates.

Contact the business rates team

If you have a question about rate relief that is not answered on this page, you can contact us for help.