Business rates are based on your shop's rateable value, which the Valuation Office estimates. Your council sends the bill and decides whether you get relief, so tell the council's business rates team when you move in.
You have a duty of care for the waste your shop produces. Hand it only to a registered waste carrier, and complete a waste transfer note, or a document with the same information such as an invoice, for each load that leaves your premises.
Understanding business rates
How rateable value works and how the bill is worked out.
Meet your business waste duty of care
Storing waste, checking carriers and keeping transfer notes.