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Business

Business rates

Find out who has to pay business rates and where the money goes.
  1. Pay business rates and applying for a refund
  2. Business rates discounts, relief and exemptions
  3. Business rates explained
  4. Difficulty paying business rates
  5. Moving business premises
  6. Check and challenge a rateable value
  7. Business Rates Revaluation
  8. Self-catering holiday properties

Licences

Your business may need a licence or permissions to operate.
  1. Public registers of licences
  2. Personal and premises licences
  3. Taxi licences
  4. Gambling licences and permits
  5. Caravan site licensing
  6. Charity collection permits
  7. Temporary road closures for events
  8. Licensing Act 2003

Business support and advice

We are the first point of contact for New Forest businesses wishing to start, grow and improve their productivity.
  1. Sign up to the Business Support eNewsletter
  2. Support for our businesses with rising costs
  3. Organisations to support existing businesses
  4. Starting a new business
  5. Grants and loans for existing businesses
  6. Council initiatives and events to support local businesses
  7. Filming in the New Forest
  8. Find business premises
  9. Consultation with Business Rate payers
  10. Employment, skills and training support
  11. Local economy data
  12. Businesses developing export markets
  13. Support for businesses in specific sectors
  14. Procurement opportunities
  15. Primary Authority Partnerships

Business waste

Large and small businesses can sign up to our commercial waste and recycling service.

Food safety for businesses

Advice and guidelines for food business operators in the New Forest.
  1. Starting a food business
  2. Running your food business safely
  3. Food hygiene inspections
  4. Food hygiene rating scheme
  5. Low risk food business questionnaire
  6. Food-related outbreaks
  7. Exporting food products
  8. Ice safety
  9. Fishing vessels registered as a food business

Supplying the council

Procurement opportunities for businesses to work with us.
  1. Forthcoming procurement opportunities
  2. Contracts register
  3. Procurement strategy
  4. Procurement standard terms and conditions
  5. Payment of suppliers
  6. Doing business with us
  7. Introducing the Procurement Act 2023

Health and safety for businesses

We work with businesses to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements
  1. Complaints about health and safety at work
  2. Health and safety inspections - advice for businesses
  3. Accidents in the workplace
  4. Organising an event
  5. Smokefree
  6. Cooling towers registration
  7. Sunbed regulations

Starting a new business

Support, advice and useful organisations for start-up businesses.
  1. Organisations to support new businesses
  2. Grants and loans for new businesses
  3. Starting a food business
  4. Starting a business from home
  5. Becoming self-employed
  6. Support for moving to new business premises

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