Business Rates: Wholesale Trade
Commons · Question 82652 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Sharon Hodgson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned business rates reforms on the wholesale sector; and if she will consider extending retail-equivalent reliefs to wholesalers.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 24 Oct 2025
The Government currently provides a 40 per cent business rates relief for eligible retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, up to a cash cap of £110,0000 per business, in 2025-26. Eligibility for the RHL relief scheme is outlined in guidance pub...