For more information, see our guide on business rates relief.

In Wales, small business rates relief was not introduced until 2007.

The finance committee has discretion to give clubs rates relief, but this is based only on income at the bar and other sources.

The lead club would benefit from mandatory non-domestic rates relief if registered.

This measure was also known as the "Rates Relief Scheme".

The Welsh scheme was incorporated into small business rates relief from 1 April 2007.

These are clubs which get money out of the public purse in the form of rates relief.'

The GMC received confirmation of 80% business rates relief effective from April 1995.

Mr Mullin said that any attempt to persuade clubs to end discrimination by blocking their entitlement to rates relief was illegal.

HMRC doesn't deal with rates or rates relief.

Measures to reduce rates reliefs on empty commercial properties provides further incentives for property owners to become 'informal landlords' to coworkers.

As well as your basic business rates liability, this tool is also able to estimate your bill if you are entitled to small business rates relief.

There are also other rates relief schemes, including relief for properties occupied by charitable and non-profit organisations, and relief on empty properties.

The Federation of Small Businesses is asking local authorities to use the discretion available to them to offer rates relief to businesses found to be suffering hardship.

The way the relief applies varies between England and Wales - for information on whether your business qualifies, see the page small business rate relief in our guide on business rates relief.

If your CASC is based in England or Wales, you'll get 80 per cent rates relief if the club's property is used wholly or mainly for the purposes of:

"By creating a tax on waste, along with the recent decision not to extend business rates relief on properties, the Government is penalising small businesses which are trying to get the rural economy back on track."

Rates relief and concession schemes were introduced in the past to cushion the short term impact of increases in rates payment whilst preserving the long-term equity and integrity of the rating system.

Small-and medium-sized companies Credit easing, now branded as a National Loan Guarantee Scheme, should cut the cost of loans for small businesses, and there are other measures, including an extension of business rates relief.

The devolved Government of Scotland is doing all that its limited powers make possible to stave off its worst effects, easing the tax burden on business through rates relief, speeding up investment in infrastructure projects, and prioritising training and skills development programmes to help people find work.