Business Rates

Business rates are the way businesses and occupiers of other non-domestic property in Islington contribute towards the cost of local services.

The council collects business rates on behalf of the Government. The rate you pay is based on the rateable value of your property provided to us by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). And although we issue the bill and collect your business rates, everything we collect is deposited into a central rate pool for England.

The funding pool is managed by the Department for Communities and Local Government and they redistribute the funds to local authorities to pay for local services such as street cleaning and waste management. A proportion of this fund is also given to other agencies such as the police and fire authorities.

We make it our main priority to ensure residents and businesses get value for money for all the services we provide. Your business rates (along with council tax) help us to provide over 600 services to the community.

Reductions

You may be able to get a reduction on your business rates bill if your business property is:

• Empty
• A charity
• A small business

Please telephone 020 7527 2633 for more information. Or write to:

The Head of Revenues and Customer Relations
Business Rates
PO Box 34750
London
N7 9WF

Please see our Small Business Rates Relief page for more information on saving money on your business rates and on how to apply using our downloadable form.

 For further information, download the Business Rates 2009-10 booklet by clicking on the link below.

You can pay business rates by following the link to Pay It under Do it online on the right.