Small Business Bonus Scheme

The Small Business Bonus Scheme was developed by the Scottish Government. It provides rates relief to help owners of non-domestic properties, including businesses, deal with the impact of coronavirus. 

You will need to go to your local authority's website to fill out a Small Business Bonus Scheme Application Form.

Yes, if the combined rateable value of all your business properties is £35,000 or less; and, the rateable value of individual premises is £18,000 or less.

Relief rates vary depending on the rateable value.

As from 1 April 2020, any Small Business Bonus Scheme relief will only be available for properties that are occupied.

Payday lending businesses are not eligible.

This is a free service. 

All businesses in Scotland with business premises with a rateable value up to £18,000.

For businesses with two or more properties, if the total rateable value for all properties is less than £35,000 then you can claim relief on individual properties with a rateable value of £18,000 or less at the 25% relief rate only.

As from 1 April 2020, any Small Business Bonus Scheme relief will only be available for properties that are occupied.

You need to apply directly through your local council: 

• Aberdeen, external link which will open in a new window
• Aberdeenshire, external link which will open in a new window 
• Angus, external link which will open in a new window
• Argyll and Bute, external link which will open in a new window
• Clackmannanshire, external link which will open in a new window
• Dumfries and Galloway, external link which will open in a new window
• Dundee, external link which will open in a new window
• East Ayrshire, external link which will open in a new window
• East Dunbartonshire, external link which will open in a new window
• East Lothian, external link which will open in a new window
• East Renfrewshire, external link which will open in a new window
• Edinburgh, external link which will open in a new window
• Falkirk, external link which will open in a new window
• Fife, external link which will open in a new window
• Glasgow, external link which will open in a new window
• Highland, external link which will open in a new window
• Inverclyde, external link which will open in a new window
• Midlothian, external link which will open in a new window
• Moray, external link which will open in a new window
• Na h-Eileanan Siar, external link which will open in a new window (contact council directly for information)
• North Ayrshire, external link which will open in a new window
• North Lanarkshire, external link which will open in a new window (contact council directly for application form)
• Orkney, external link which will open in a new window
• Perth and Kinross, external link which will open in a new window
• Renfrewshire, external link which will open in a new window
• Scottish Borders, external link which will open in a new window
• Shetland, external link which will open in a new window
• South Ayrshire, external link which will open in a new window
• South Lanarkshire, external link which will open in a new window
• Stirling, external link which will open in a new window (scroll to bottom of page to download application form)
• West Dunbartonshire, external link which will open in a new window
• West Lothian, external link which will open in a new window

Apply through your local authority website or visit the Scottish Government website for more information.