We collect business rates on most non-domestic and commercial properties like shops, offices, pubs, warehouses and factories.
Government support for businesses
The government has published guidance on the COVID-19 support for businesses.
These pages are regularly updated and give full guidance on the operation of:
- a 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality, leisure and nursery businesses in England
- small business grant funding of £10,000 for all business in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief
- grant funding for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses of £10,000 where the rateable value is £15,000 or less, with the grant increasing to £25,000 where the rateable value is between £15,001 and £50,999
- other measures to support businesses
- Pay business rates
- Business rates explanatory notes
- Charitable rate relief
- Freedom of Information data sets
- Hardship and local discounts
- Partly occupied premises
- Rate in the Pound
- Rural rate relief
- Small business rate relief
- Transitional phasing or relief
- Unoccupied premises
