Business rates help for pubs, hotels and restaurants. Run by a bar owner in Pembrokeshire. Not the Valuation Office or the government.
2026 revaluation

Transitional relief and Supporting Small Business relief

Transitional relief caps how fast a bill can rise even where the RV has gone up. For England properties above £100,000 RV, the rise is capped at 30% in 2026/27, then 25% plus inflation the following year (GOV.UK, 'Transitional relief').

Supporting Small Business (SSB) relief caps how fast a smaller property’s bill can rise even where it is losing or reducing relief, shown in our worked pub example at

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