Business Rates
The non-domestic rates, or business rates are collected
by local councils and are the means by which businesses and others
who occupy non-domestic property make a contribution to the costs
of local services.
The rates collected are pooled by central government and
redistributed to local councils according to the number of people
living in the area. This money, together with the revenue
from council taxpayers and grants provided by the government is
used to pay for the services provided by your local council and
other local authorities in your area.
You can find out more about business rates on the
website: http://www.mybusinessrates.gov.uk/ 
Bromsgrove Council has provided information on your business
rates, including a guide to your rates bill, information on ways to
reduce your rates liability and what to do if you can't afford to
pay on the Business Rates in Bromsgrove Page.
Bromsgrove Council has produced an Explanatory
Notes for Non Domestic Rates (Business Rates) 
leaflet to assist rate payers within the
district.
Business Rates - Freedom Of Information Requests
Bromsgrove District Council receive many Freedom Of Information
requests relating to properties that are empty within the district
and details of businesses that have either credits on their
accounts or have had outstanding credits "written off".
This information is provided in the spreadsheets
below:
NDR Empty Properties November
2011 
NDR Accounts In Credit November 2011
NDR Accounts with
Credits Written Off November 2011
Bromsgrove District Council cannot vouch for the ongoing
accuracy of the data as accounts are being updated daily. With
regard to credits there may be corresponding accounts with debits.
The information has been screened to remove accounts relating to
individuals as the provision of this data is exempt from
disclosure.In some cases this may mean that non-personal accounts
have also been removed.
