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From 1 April 2026 , major reforms to the UK business rates system will come into effect and they could significantly affect your annual tax bills. These changes result from a new business rates revaluation and reforms introduced in recent government budgets. Understanding them early can help you plan ahead and potentially save your business money.  What’s Changing? The 2026 Revaluation Every three years, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) reassesses the rateable values of comm

Following the suspension by the VOA of certain rogue companies like Rateable Value Experts, Re-Rates UK and My Rates, earlier this year, it has become apparent that there are still similar companies operating within the industry, that operate with the same lack of ethics, commercial responsibility, and unscrupulous practices /standards, and will employ the same scare tactics, as the above mentioned rogue companies, in order to enforce their contractual terms and conditions, i

Unfortunately, the government have decided to reduce the entitlement of the business rates relief scheme for the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties, from the 75% payable discount that was applied during the financial years 23/24 and 24/25, to a 40% payable discount for this financial year (25/26), resulting in a huge increase in the payable amount for ratepayers occupying RHL properties. This equates to a payable business rates increase of over 100% for RHL prop