Money off your business rates

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.

To apply, email us on [email protected] .

If you are starting up a business or relocating to an enterprise zone, you may get business rates relief.

You could get up to £55,000 a year over 5 years.

You can read about the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise partnership.

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 might get improvement relief if you make certain improvements to your property.

If eligible you will get the relief added to your business rates bill for one year starting from when the improvement work is completed.

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) will be told if you've made any improvements to your property and will decide if you're eligible for the relief. If you're eligible, they will contact us to make the changes to your bill.

You do not need to contact us.

Find out more about improvement relief and eligibility on GOV.UK.

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.

To apply, email us on [email protected] .

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.

Find out how to apply for a retail discount.

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.

To apply, email us on [email protected] .

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

Read more about small business rate relief.

Apply for small business rate relief.