Business Rates Consultancy & Management

We have a proven track record in successfully appealing rateable values for all types of commercial, industrial, and retail premises, securing reliefs and exemptions and uncovering historic billing errors to recover overpaid business rates.


Checking and challenging business rates assessment can be complex and requires specialist expertise. We have the knowledge and understanding to guide you through all the reliefs and opportunities available to minimise your business rates liability.

  • Ensuring rate assessments accurately reflect the property’s area and use.
  • Reviewing rateable values using extensive market knowledge.
  • Identifying and securing all applicable reliefs and exemptions.
  • Challenging excessive assessments and securing reductions.
  • Auditing historic payments to recover overpayments.
  • Developing and implementing empty or partially occupied rate mitigation strategies.
  • Providing full business rates payment and management services.
  • Supporting clients with arrears management, including negotiations with local authorities to reduce liabilities and set up manageable repayment plans.

Maximising Relief, Refunds & Arrears Support

We review historic payments to ensure rate demands are correctly calculated and claim any overpaid refunds. If you're vacating a property or taking phased occupation, we help secure the maximum relief, including successive periods of mitigation where applicable.
For businesses facing arrears, we work closely with local authorities to explore options for reducing liabilities and structuring repayments, helping to ease financial pressures.

OUR SERVICES

Expert Support for Business Rates Challenges

Our business rates consultancy service supports landlords and tenants in reducing costs by checking eligibility
for reliefs, assessing rate accuracy, and managing arrears. We specialise in:

Rates Appeals

Checking, challenging, and appealing assessments on occupied, empty, or partially vacant properties.

Sector Advice

Advising across sectors, including industrial, retail, offices, leisure, hotels, and more.

Valuation Support

Providing expert valuation office agency insights to support successful appeals.

Relief & Mitigation

Developing mitigation strategies to reduce liabilities and secure exemptions.

Arrears Management

Assisting businesses with arrears repayment plans, ensuring manageable solutions that prevent enforcement action.

Managed Service Offering

Fully managed business rates service for peace of mind.

Fully Managed Business Rates Service

Business rates represent a significant cost for businesses, often amounting to 50% of annual rent. Our centralised payment and management service ensures accuracy, efficiency, and cost savings.

How We Help:

  • Single, pre-verified monthly payment—we handle submissions on your behalf.
  • Liaising with Local Authorities and the Valuation Office Agency to ensure accurate records.
  • Challenging incorrect demands and validating amended bills.
  • Ensuring timely refunds with full breakdowns.
  • Auditing historic assessments to identify and recover overpayments.
  • Negotiating with authorities on outstanding arrears to secure reductions and flexible repayment solutions.

Titan Global - Recent Success

Manufacturing Business

Ancoats, Manchester

- Reduced current business rates by over 60%.
- Reduced significant arrears by over 50%, even after bailiffs had been instructed.
- Currently working to claim a rebate for previous years’ rates.

Wholesale Business

Cheetham Hill, Manchester

- Reduced current business rates by 75%.
- Currently working to claim a rebate for previous years’ rates.

Retail Business

Longsight, Manchester

- Reduced current business rates by over 50%.
- Applied small business rates relief for retail premises.
- Successfully claimed back over 20K in previous years overpayments.

Restaurant

Rusholme

- Reduced current business rates by over 50%.

Part Occupied Premises

City Centre, Manchester

- Reduced current business rates by over 40%.
- Successfully claimed back over 30K in previous years overpayments.

Empty Premises

Ardwick, Manchester

- Reduced current business rates by over 80%.

  • Address:Unt 5, Thames Industrial Estate, Higher Ardwick, Manchester M12 6DD
  • Phone:+44 161 491 2178
  • Email:info@titanglobal.uk