What are business rates?
Business rates are local taxes paid by the occupiers of all non-domestic/business property, in the same way that council tax is a tax on domestic property.
Business rates are charged on most business properties such as shops, offices, pubs, warehouses and factories. However, the property doesn't have to be used for a business - if is used for purposes which are not domestic it is likely to be rateable.
We send business rates bills each year.