Business Rates or National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR)

Business Rates (also known as National Non-Domestic Rates) are a tax on business properties.

The tax is set by the government and business rates collected by local authorities are the way that those who occupy non-domestic property contribute towards the cost of local services.

Under the business rates retention arrangements introduced from 1 April 2013, authorities keep a proportion of the business rates paid locally.

The money is used to help pay for the services the Council provides.

Please see pages, listed on the left, within this section for further advice and guidance.