Business Rates
General Information and Contacts
The Revenues Section is responsible for the billing and collection of business rates for more than 1,800
business properties throughout the District. Annual bills are issued during March each year and adjustment bills are issued
throughout the year reflecting changes in peoples circumstances, and alterations to properties.
Business Rates are the way in which local businesses contribute towards the cost of services provided by
the local authority. The income collected is paid into a central pool and then redistributed between all authorities in the
form of a grant. This grant, together with income from the authorities Council Tax and other sums are used to pay for the
services provided by your authority.
Business Rates enquires are dealt with at the Council Offices in Narborough. Please refer to the bottom
of this page for contact information. Officers are available for telephone calls, personal visits and deal with written correspondence
during normal office hours.
The purpose of this web page is to guide you through the amount of business rates that you may be liable
to pay and to assist with applying for relevant reductions. You can also use this page to apply to pay by Direct Debit or
simply look for information on Business Rates.
These pages are designed to be of assistance and therefore any comments or feedback that you might have
regarding this information would be greatly appreciated. Such feedback will help us to change and improve the contents and
the usefulness of these pages.
The staff within the Revenues Section will be pleased to answer
any questions that you may have regarding Business Rates, so please do not hesitate to contact us.
