You can claim a discount if your business property is used as an office for journalists and reporters on a local newspaper.
You cannot get the relief for:
The relief is a £1,500 reduction in business rates per year for eligible properties.
You can only get the relief for one property per newspaper even if more than one property is used as offices for the newspaper.
If several local newspapers use the same office, they can only get the relief on one newspaper title.
It is available until 31 March 2025, when the Government scheme is due to end.
For more information see:
Local newspaper relief on Gov.uk
The award of local newspaper relief is on a discretionary basis. For more details see:
Our discretionary rate relief policy
To apply you must email our business rates team, providing as much detail as possible.