Business support grants

Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief Scheme

The 2022/23 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief scheme will provide eligible, occupied, retail, hospitality and leisure properties with a 50% relief, up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business.

Please note that a small number of properties that qualified for this relief in 2021/2022 will cease to be eligible in 2022/2023.

Further information, including the full list of eligible properties can be found here:

• GOV.UK business rates guidance: 2022/23 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief Scheme

Transitional Relief and Supporting Small Business Relief

For the financial year 2022/23, the Government are extending the Transitional Relief and Supporting Small Business Relief for eligible businesses with a rateable value up to and including £100,000.

The Transitional Relief scheme was originally introduced in 2017 to help businesses faced with higher bills as a result of increased rateable values from the 2017 revaluation. The scheme was due to end on 31 March 2022, as a result of which a small number of ratepayers would be presented with a significantly increased business rates bill from 1 April 2022.

In the October Budget the Government announced that it would extend the current transitional relief scheme and the supporting small business scheme for 1 year to the end of the current revaluation cycle.

The scheme will restrict increases in bills to 15% for businesses with small properties (up to and including £20,000 rateable value) and 25% for medium properties (up to and including £100,00 rateable value).

For further information:

• GOV.UK Business rates guidance: Extension of Transitional Relief and Supporting Small Business Relief for small and medium properties