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About your business rates

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  1. What are business rates
  2. How is your bill calculated
  3. Appeal against your rateable value
  4. Information for Rating Agents and Surveyors
  5. Business Rates collection policy
  6. You are here: Enforcement Agents
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Enforcement Agents

If the full amount has not been paid and there is no arrangement made, we may ask enforcement agents to collect what you owe for us. Enforcement agents were once known as bailiffs.

If we pass your case to enforcement agents, a £75 fee will be added to your account immediately. You should contact the enforcement agency straight away to discuss payment arrangements to avoid further fees being added to your account.

If you fail to pay the enforcement agents in full or agree suitable repayments, an enforcement agent will visit you and an additional £235 enforcement fee will be added to your account. This will be in addition to the £75 fees already incurred. Further fees may apply if goods are removed and/or sold to clear the debt.

Fee stage

Fixed fee 

Extra amount 

Compliance stage - enforcement notice

£75 

0 percent 

Enforcement stage - enforcement agent visit to take control of goods

£235 

7.5 percent of debts over £1,500 

Sale or disposal stage - enforcement visit to remove goods 

£110 

7.5 percent of debts over £1,500 

Once your case has been passed to enforcement agents it will remain with them until the full debt is cleared. 

We currently use the following Enforcement Agents:

Jacobs Enforcement Agents

Phone: 0345 601 2692

Website https://www.jacobsenforcement.com/

Address: Jacobs, 6 Europa Boulevard, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 4PE

CDER Group 

Phone: 0330 460 5295

Website: https://www.cdergroup.co.uk/

Address: 9th Floor, Peninsular House, 30-36 Monument Street, London EC3R 8LJ

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