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Business rates hardship relief

If you're suffering from financial hardship, find out if we can help.

If you believe that paying your business rates would cause hardship, download and complete the Apply to temporarily reduce the amount of business (non domestic) rates you pay (PDF) [265KB] . Return this to the address included in the form.

We can reduce or cancel your business rates if paying would mean you suffered hardship.

Our Business Rates Discretionary Hardship Reduction Policy (PDF) [341KB] explains more about the qualifying criteria for hardship relief.

Contact Business rates