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Find out about changes to our services and Christmas opening times on our Festive information page. To find out when your bin will be collected over the festive period, visit Changes to County Durham bin collections at Christmas.

Due to maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 11.45am on Tuesday 24 December until 8.00am on Thursday 2 January: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Business rates information 2024/2025

Find the current year's business rate information and how your business rates are used.

Council tax and business rates annual summaries

More information about business rates and the council's budget for the current year is available in the following leaflets:

Emergency services annual summaries

What do business rates pay for?

All of our services, from trading standards to business continuity advice, are paid for by money we receive in three ways:

Council tax and business rates
Grants from central government
Money we generate ourselves

To find out more about the range of services we provide, see our About Us page.

Contact Business rates

Email businessrates@durham.gov.uk
Telephone 03000 268 997

Related information

Offsite links

Gov.uk: find and check your business rates valuation

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