Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief

Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief is sponsored by Bath and North East Somerset Council (United Kingdom). This program provides a discount on business rates for occupied retail, leisure, and hospitality premises.

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Eligible premises will receive a discount of up to 40% on their bill for the 2025/26 financial year. Any award is subject to a cash cap. This means that no ratepayer can, in any circumstances, exceed the £110,000 cash cap across all of their properties in England.

! Warning This is a discretionary discount, which means we can decide not to award it to businesses, if doing this goes against our wider objectives for the local area. If your business falls into any of the following categories, or is not listed but is broadly similar to the ones listed here, you are eligible for this discount.

However, your premises must be occupied and wholly, or mainly, used to sell goods, services, or food and drink to visiting members of the public . The Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief Scheme is subject to the Minimal Financial Assistance limits under the Subsidy Control Act. This means no recipient can receive over £315,000 over a 3-year period (consisting of the current financial year and the 2 previous financial years).

Extended Retail Discounts granted in 2021/22 do not count towards the limit. Covid business grants received from local government and any other subsidy claimed under the Minimal Financial Assistance or Small Amounts of Financial Assistance limit over the 3-year period should be counted. Premises eligible for the discount Select the main function of your business from the list below, to read details about eligibility.

Premises used to sell goods to visiting members of the public: furnishing shops or display rooms including: shops selling double glazing or garage doors car or caravan show rooms art galleries (where art is for sale or hire) Premises used to sell food and drink to visiting members of the public: Providing certain services Premises used to provide the following services to visiting members of the public: hair and beauty services such as: shoe repairs or key cutting ticket offices (for theatres, for example) PC, TV or domestic appliance repairs Being used as live music venues Premises being used as live music venues, which are premises wholly or mainly used for the performance of live music for the purpose of entertaining an audience.

Being used for the provision of sports and leisure facilities Premises providing sports and leisure facilities for visiting members of the public: sport and leisure facilities wellness centres, spas, massage parlours casinos, gambling clubs and bingo halls Being used for the assembly of visiting members of the public Premises being used for the assembly of visiting members of the public: Providing accommodation services Where the non-domestic part is being used for the provision of living accommodation as a business.

Premises not eligible for the discount Premises which are not reasonably accessible for members of the public to visit, or those which are not mainly used for the qualifying purpose, are not eligible for this discount.

Examples of businesses not eligible The following businesses are not eligible for this discount because they are not considered to be for retail use: Financial services, for example: short-term loan providers Medical services, including: Post Office sorting offices Professional services such as: You can apply online using our online form.