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<p>HM Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with their counterparts
in other government departments on a range of issues, including business rates.</p><p>
</p><p>Since Budget 2016, we have announced cuts worth more than £13bn to businesses
over the next five years, including switching to CPI indexation, and making Small
Business Rate Relief more generous so that 655,000 of the smallest businesses pay
no rates at all. The government also introduced a £3.6bn transitional relief scheme
to support ratepayers facing bill increases as a result of the 2017 property revaluation.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced a new business rates retail discount, cutting
bills by a third for eligible businesses. As is set out in guidance, music venues
may be eligible for the discount where they are broadly similar in nature to those
properties listed as eligible. It is for local authorities to make that judgement.</p>
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