You’ll probably have to pay business rates if you use a building or part of a building for non-domestic purposes including business centres, studios and other multi occupancy spaces.

Your local council will send you a business rates bill in February or March each year.

Gov.uk has a number of resources to support businesses to plan for their business rates, some of the key links are below:

• Business Rates
  This is a brief overview of business rates, how they are calculated, what they are for, who is exempt.
• Business Rates Relief
  There is support out there in the form of rates relief schemes for certain categories of business, you can check here if you might be eligible for relief (such as small business relief or enterprise zones).
• Estimating your Business Rates
  How much business rates you pay depends on where your property is located.
• Find and check your Business Rates Valuation
  You can check the ‘rateable value’ of your property - this is set by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and used by your local council to calculate your business rates bill.
• Contacting your local council about a Business Rates bill
  Postcode search engine for local council contacts.
• Challenging your business rates
  You can check, challenge and appeal your business rates.