Occupier Relief and Exemptions

Business rates are one of the largest financial obligations for many businesses and are applied to nondomestic properties. These are typically managed by local councils across the UK, with assessments carried out by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). Fortunately, various reliefs and exemptions, such as empty property relief or retail, hospitality, and leisure relief, offer significant opportunities to reduce costs for eligible businesses.

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Take Control of Your Business Rates Reliefs

Our Relief and Exemptions team works to ensure your business rates liabilities are accurate and that you take full advantage of all available reliefs and exemptions. By conducting meticulous reviews of your rating liabilities and past payments, our experts identify cost-saving opportunities, spot billing errors, and validate compliance with all regulations.

Two Primary Areas of Savings: Billing and Valuation Corrections

Upon receiving your authorisation, our relief and exemption specialists manage every step of the process. Drawing from legislative expertise and historical data, we conduct an in-depth review of your liabilities. This process includes identifying savings, liaising with the VOA or billing authorities, and promptly recovering overpayments. Every claim is handled with precision to ensure accurate reimbursements.

Why Choose Ryan?

£1 billion saved

Coverage of all

billing authorities

across England, Wales, and Scotland

properties under instruction

More than

£130 million

secured in client savings

rateable value

More than

60

distinct saving opportunities evaluated

delivering measurable savings

Minimise risk with 

success-based fees

and maximise value

Smarter Business Rates Management

Our services are designed to ensure that your business rates liabilities are accurate, minimised, and in line with applicable reliefs and exemptions, helping you reduce unnecessary costs.

Rating Liabilities Review

Assessment of your rating liabilities to ensure accuracy. 

Relief and Exemption Review

Identify and apply for any missing reliefs or exemptions you may be entitled to. 

Billing Error Correction

Detect and resolve historical billing errors caused by miscalculations.

Recovery of Overpayments

Claim any historical overpayments that may have gone undetected.

Ryan's Business Rates Services

Ryan combines cutting-edge technology with unmatched market expertise to deliver comprehensive business rates solutions tailored to your specific property and portfolio needs.

Occupier Business Rates
Investor and Developer Business Rates
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Integrated Tax Services

Equipping the modern tax function to be best-positioned to meet the needs of an ever-changing regulatory and geopolitical landscape, Ryan helps clients improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the people, processes, and systems that drive overall tax performance. Assessing the tax operations, benchmarking the current state, and creating a powerful business case for transformation help our clients build their tax functions into best-practice operations aligned to deliver on the company’s key priorities.