Use this page to learn about the new business rates discount for the 2021 financial year.
Business rate discount 2021 to 2022
Eligible ratepayers in the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors will receive a discount on their Business Rates bills for the year 2021 to 22.
Eligible ratepayers will receive discount of 100% for the first three months, and 66% for the rest of the year.
This was announced by the Chancellor at the Budget on 3 March 2021.
Expanded retail discount 2021 to 2022
From 1 July 2021, ratepayers can claim up to £2 million of expanded retail discount in the year 2021 to 2022. This is based on the coronavirus rules as of 5 January 2021, where businesses would have been required to close. This is in line with the conditions set by central government for the funding of this relief.
£105,000 is available for other eligible properties that remained open, up to a cap of £2 million for all properties.
This cash cap applies at a group company level. Holding companies and subsidiaries cannot claim up to the cash cap for each company.
The cash cap also applies to organisations with such an interest in a company that, if they were a company themselves, would result in the organisation being the holding company.
We have removed relief where companies form part of a group.
If your bill shows no relief past 30 June 2021 and you believe this is incorrect, please contact us.
If you have exceeded the cash cap and wish to refuse the Expanded Retail Discount granted in relation to the premises to which your bill relates, you must inform the Business Rates team directly.
This may be particularly relevant to those premises that are part of a large chain, where the collective total of Expanded Retail Discount received could exceed the cash cap.
If you have not exceeded the above cash cap, you do not need to contact us.
In cooperation with the government, we will not tolerate any business that falsifies its records or provides false evidence to gain this discount, including claiming support above the cash cap.
If you, the ratepayer, falsely applies for any relief, provides false information or makes a false representation to gain relief, you may be guilty of fraud under the Fraud Act 2006.