About Us
We are an established business services consulting firm, providing expert guidance to landlords and tenants on business rates reduction. Business rates represent a significant overhead, and our proven service ensures clients only pay what is necessary. Checking eligibility for reliefs or assessing the accuracy of rateable values is a crucial step in minimising financial outgoings.
The process of checking and challenging business rates can be complex and requires specialist expertise. Our knowledge and experience helps commercial property occupiers manage all aspects of their business rates liability, ensuring compliance and securing potential savings.
Our proven track record includes achieving rate reductions, securing exemptions, and recovering overpaid business rates, saving our clients tens of thousands.
- Limited liability for shareholders.
- Well understood and accepted.
- Able to raise significant capital.
- Offset against future profits.
- Easy to sell and pass ownership.
- Profits can be reinvested & paid
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%.
How We Can Help:
- Checking & Challenging Rateable Values – Ensuring assessments are accurate and fair.
- Securing Reliefs & Exemptions – Identifying and applying for all available reductions.
- Appealing Business Rates Assessments – Acting for owners and occupiers across industrial, retail, office, leisure, and trade-related sectors (e.g., public houses, caravan parks).
- Reviewing Historic Billing Errors – Uncovering overpayments and securing refunds.
- Rates Mitigation Strategies – Minimising liability on empty and partially vacant properties.
- Arrears Support – Assisting businesses in managing overdue business rates.
Our Team Members
Nick Herber
Co-founder
Jimmy Carey
Developer
Lisa Angel
Designer
Jordan Barrows
Support
Our No Win, No Fee Guarantee
With the exception of managed service clients, we work purely on a no win, no fee basis. We apply our expertise to secure a successful outcome for your business, and only if we achieve savings do we charge a one of fee fee of up to 50% of the savings. If we fail to achieve anything, you pay absolutely nothing, that’s how confident we are in delivering results.
Where necessary, we work with bodies like the Valuation Office Agency using research, understanding, and market data to support successful challenges and appeals. Our proven track record includes achieving rate reductions, securing exemptions, and recovering overpaid business rates, saving our clients thousands.
Get in touch today to see how we can help you reduce your business rates.
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier"
"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away"
