We were shocked when we found out that in Essex alone £50 million was being lost by small business owners who were not taking advantage of the business rate relief scheme. So we have created an information resource website on rate relief which will help to resolve this issue.
The site is http://www.businessraterelief.co.uk and contains a wealth of information about the scheme. We took the time to approach each council and obtain their version of the business rate relief form which we then added to the site. Contact details for every council are also available.
In the short time the new rate relief site has been online we have received positive feedback from parliamentary candidates (press release here) and members of the Federation of Small Business.
Even if our efforts only make a difference of 10% in Essex we have saved our business counterparts 5 million! Not bad for a few days work.
