Business Rates
Taking control of your business rates with accurate and confident advice
Led by Debbie Warwick, Vice President of the prestigious Rating Surveyors’ Association, our team of experts provide a full-service business rates solution to clients across the UK. We make the complex simple; ensuring your business rates are fair, and supporting you in challenging them when they’re not.
Business rates remain one of the biggest costs for commercial property owners and occupiers. We give you the peace of mind that you’re not overpaying, and help you get more from your real estate, for less.
High-calibre expertise
As members of the Rating Surveyors Association and the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation (IRRV), we stay ahead of all rating legislation to provide you with expert, up-to-date advice.
Highly responsive
Our team are always just a phone call away, we respond quickly to any new enquiries. Our partner-led approach ensures your priorities always remain front and centre.
Multi-disciplinary & cross-sector
We work collaboratively across sectors, breaking down silos to deliver value-led solutions tailored to your needs.
National presence
With dedicated rates representatives located in London, Leeds, Glasgow, and Bristol, we offer local insight combined with national reach.
Services
Business Rates Services
With business rates being a significant cost for both occupiers and landlords, we work with our clients to ensure their rates liabilities are accurate.
We manage business rates appeals, negotiate refunds with Billing Authorities, and represent clients at tribunals to ensure fair and accurate rates.
Our expert team handles the hard work, managing your property portfolio, liaising with the VOA, ensuring accurate billing, and securing prompt refunds.
We also provide annual rates budgets and regular reports to keep you fully informed.
We audit your business rates to uncover savings, challenge incorrect assessments, recover overpayments, and secure reliefs and exemptions. We review both past and present legislation and case law to ensure our clients are not paying more than necessary.
Our experts also negotiate temporary reductions and nil assessments due to property changes, disruptions, or billing errors, ensuring you only pay what’s fair.
With vacant commercial space quickly becoming a potential liability, we help owners, developers and occupiers reduce this liability through strategic, practical advice. Whether your property is un-let, under-refurbishment or awaiting redevelopment, our team delivers tailored solutions that align with your goals and the latest legislation.
We navigate clients through complex legislation with clarity and confidence. From portfolio reviews to proactive planning, we ensure you only pay what’s necessary – nothing more.
Business Rates Revaluation
Business rates are based on a property’s rateable value (RV), which is reviewed as part of the “Rating Revaluation” every three years.
When the next Revaluation comes into effect on 1st April 2026, we can ensure you are not overpaying on your business rates and secure refunds or reductions where possible.
The deadline for appeals for the current 2023 Rating List is 31st March 2026.
Additionally, if your property underwent refurbishment between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2026 you may be due a refund. We can help you secure a derating and claim backdated relief on refurbished or vacant properties.
Who we work with
Landlords
Investors
Occupiers
Not-for-Profit & Estates
Our Team
Get in touch with our experts
- Email: bholowczyk@danielwatney.co.uk
- Telephone: 07720 162 815
- Email: dwarwick@danielwatney.co.uk
- Telephone: 07825 191 240
- Email: gwilson@danielwatney.co.uk
- Telephone: 07703 728 571
- Email: jskelly@danielwatney.co.uk
- Telephone: 07593 140 264
- Email: jthompson@danielwatney.co.uk
- Telephone: 07593 136 719
- Email: pmassie@danielwatney.co.uk
- Telephone: 07850 951 248
- Email: rwadsworth@danielwatney.co.uk
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- Email: troye@danielwatney.co.uk
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Our Work
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News & Insights
Take a look at some of the latest insights from our teams
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Get to know upcoming changes to the Business Rates Multiplier
One of the most important components of your business rates bill is the multiplier, and with the upcoming 2026 Rating Revaluation, the system is set to change. Read more -
Empty Rates Mitigation and Principled
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Debbie Warwick appointed Vice President of the RSA
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“There is a huge amount of existing knowledge of the portfolio since 2013 covering 800 properties. It takes a huge headache away from our accounts team"Client Feedback 2025
“I value most your responsiveness, I speak to a few contacts several times per week and that's been consistent for many, many years"Client Feedback 2025
“Business rates is one of those things that gives you sleepless nights. You need good advisors, and you need advisors that you can access quickly and that are on the other end of a phone when you need them. [Daniel Watney] delivers on that.”Client Feedback 2025
