Deleting a commercial property from the rating list. Property deletion business rates help.

Deletion of a commercial property via the valuation office agency

Every week we help our customers get their commercial properties deleted from the valuation office rating list. Our average turnaround time is 4 months, but times can vary as we rely on the valuation office to assign a voa agent to our cases.

Need help with your commercial property and business rates. Get in touch with Steve or Mark, all our advice is free.

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Are you getting the business rate relief you are entitled to. Business rates retail relief is one of them.

business rates retail and hospitality relief slashed to 40% from 1st April 2025 thanks to Labour Government

Virtually every week we receive enquiries from customers that are not aware that they can claim business rates relief. These are usually scenarios where the customer is under extreme pressure to pay down the current business rates liability and sometimes past years billing periods.

An often misplaced relief is the retail and hospitality one. To get retail relief, the property has to be rated less than £110K, which many are. You need to be trading and doing 50% retail sales. Let’s say your running a business from a warehouse type building, but 50% or more of your sales are from customers visiting your premises and buying goods, you then have a case. Retail relief though needs to be claimed the same year as the billing period, they do not backdate this relief unlike small business rates relief.

Let’s now look at small business rates relief. It amazes me how many customers believe that they cannot get the relief (SBRR) because they think you have to be trading, when in fact you only have to occupy the property. Occupying is different from trading, but the councils sometimes tell you different, claiming you have to be trading. One only needs to occupy the property to claim it.

Empty property relief is another overlooked relief but in fairness the councils often do apply this relief without you having to do anything, but not always as I have seen on a number of occasions. Best to get your billing checked out by a competent rating person such as myself or my colleague Mark Allen. We provide free reviews and if you want us to pursue your case, give us a call and we will help you.

Remember the Labour government are reducing retail and hospitality relief on 1st April 2025 down from 75% to 40% relief. How they can possibly justify this move is unbelievable, but that’s exactly what they have done. So, remember, vote Labour if want less money as that’s the reality come April.

Happy New Year to all of our customers !

Steve Adams / 07415048643 / steve.adams@businessrateadvisors.co.uk

Retail and Hospitality Relief. 75% discount on your business rates bill. It's a big deal.

Did you know that if your business occupies a commercial property with a rateable value of £110,000 or less, and your business trades at 50% or more in retail sales, you could be entitled to claim 75% off your current rates bill. Thats a big deal but not everyone in these commercial properties know that they can claim it. You could be selling kebabs for example from a non retail commercial property, not knowing you can claim 75% reduction in rates. Chances are the council wont inform you, you have to find out for yourself.

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This past year we have received an uplift in cases where we have helped the business claim the relief. In most of those cases the client had no idea they could claim it.

If your not sure if you can claim it, ask us. We provide a free review of the situation the same as we do with valuation office cases.

Need to discuss your case, give me a call on 07415048643 and I will go over the situation with you.

Steve Adams

www.businessratehelp.co.uk