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Business rate relief

Chapters in this topic

  1. Introduction to business rate relief
  2. Relief for small businesses
  3. Empty premises
  4. Partly occupied premises
  5. Charities, sports clubs and non-profit organisations
  6. Rural businesses
  7. Relief for businesses in hardship
  8. Relief for local newspapers
  9. Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief

Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief

You could qualify for retail, hospitality and leisure relief if your business is mainly being used as a:

  • shop
  • restaurant, café, bar or pub
  • cinema or music venue
  • hospitality or leisure business - for example, a gym, a spa or a hotel

What you’ll get

If you’re eligible, you could get:

  • 50% off your business rates bills for the 2022 to 2023 tax year (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023)
  • 75% off your business rates bills for the 2023 to 2024 tax year (1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024)

The most you can get in each tax year is £110,000 per business.

You may be able to get retail, hospitality and leisure relief on top of other types of business rates relief you’re eligible for.

If you opt out of retail, hospitality and leisure relief for the 2022 to 2023 or 2023 to 2024 tax years you cannot change your mind.

Applying

For further information or to apply for the relief, you'll need to email the business rates team at ndr@swale.gov.uk. You'll need to include:

  • your business rates reference number
  • the address of your premises

Related pages

Elsewhere on the web

Previous Relief for local newspapers

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