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Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.

• Types of business rates relief

  Some businesses in England are eligible for a reduction in their business…

• Small business rate relief

  You can get small business rate relief if: your property’s rateable value…

• Retail, hospitality and leisure relief

  You cannot make a new claim for retail, hospitality and leisure relief.…

• Rural rate relief

  You could get rural rate relief if your business is in an eligible rural…

• Charitable rate relief

  You could get charitable rate relief if your property is mainly used for…

• Empty property relief

  If you get empty property relief, you do not have to pay business rates on…

• Improvement relief

  You might get improvement relief if you make certain improvements to your…

• Transitional relief

  Transitional relief limits how much your bill can change each year as a…

• Supporting small business relief

  You can get supporting small business relief if both of the following…

• Hardship relief

  Councils can reduce or cancel your business rates bill with hardship…

• Enterprise zones

  If you’re starting up or relocating a business to an enterprise zone you…

• Freeports relief

  A freeport is an area in which businesses are given a range of benefits to…

• Heat networks relief

  You can get heat networks relief if your property is only used or mainly…

• Pubs and live music venues relief

  If you run a pub or live music venue, you might be eligible for pubs and…

• Exempt properties

  Certain properties are exempt from business rates. You may not have to pay…

• Get help with business rates relief

  Local councils are responsible for sending business rates bills,…

When and how to request a reduction in rateable value or to delete a property from the business rates list and when properties do not qualify.

• Updated: 20 June 2025

See how to work out the tax relief for individual landlords and assess the impact of the finance cost restriction from 6 April 2017.

• Updated: 6 April 2017

Guidance on the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 social rent reduction.

• Updated: 21 March 2016

• Updated: 1 April 2026

Reduced rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will apply for residential properties purchased from 8 July 2020 until 30 June 2021 and from 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021 inclusive.

• Updated: 8 June 2021

• Updated: 22 June 2026

How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.

Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Tagliavini & Mr Waterhouse on 28 June 2023.

• Updated: 28 December 2023

How to get Inheritance Tax relief on business assets in an estate, what qualifies, giving away business property or assets