Business premises and business rates

Services

Find a business rates valuation

How to find the rateable value of a business property: compare it with other properties and challenge your property’s rateable value if it’s in Wales.
Estimate your business rates

Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.
Send your rent, lease or ownership details to the Valuation Office Agency

Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you've been contacted by them
Contact VOA

Find contact details for the Valuation Office Agency in England and Wales
Workplace temperatures

There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable

Rating Cost Guide 2023
- Guidance
- 9 January 2025
- Valuation Office Agency
Business rates: expanded retail discount - guidance
- Guidance
- 2 April 2020
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021), and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Check if your retail, hospitality or leisure business is eligible for business rates relief due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Detailed guide
- 18 March 2020
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
Business rates: expanded retail discount 2021 to 2022 - local authority guidance
- Guidance
- 4 March 2021
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021), and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Check if your nursery is eligible for business rates relief due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Detailed guide
- 22 March 2020
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)