If you miss your Business Rates payment

The liability order allows the council to take the following action against you to recover the business rates you owe:

• Instruct bailiffs to take goods and possessions from your business and sell them at auction to raise money to clear your debt. They will charge you extra for this.
• Instigate insolvency action against you or the company
• Instigate committal action, (not limited companies).

Additional charges will be incurred for each of the above options.

If you wish to discuss why you have received a notice, or discuss how this can be paid, please contact the business rates office (Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm)

Please make sure you have your business rates account reference number when you contact the office as this is needed to confirm your identity and that information about your own business rates records can be disclosed.