Last year, the Scottish Conservatives insisted that the Small Business Bonus Scheme be fast-tracked as a condition of our support for the Scottish Government’s budget. As a result the Government agreed to implement the scheme over two years rather than three, therefore saving businesses substantial sums of money. Under the revised scheme, businesses will get the following discounts:
|
RV
|
Discount (08-09)
|
Discount (09-10)
|
|
<£8,000
|
80%
|
100%
|
|
£8,001-£10,000
|
40%
|
50%
|
|
£10,001-£15,000
|
20%
|
25%
|
The following table shows the huge numbers of individual businesses who can expect to benefit from the concessions we have won. ( Note that the number of businesses eligible for the rates cut will be lower than the number of non-domestic properties listed in each area, because some businesses have more than one property. )
|
Local Authority
|
Number of Business Properties by Rateable Value
|
|
Less than £8,000
|
£8,001 to £10,000
|
£10,001 to £15,000
|
Total up to £15,000
|
|
Aberdeen City
|
3,390
|
569
|
844
|
4,803
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
6,839
|
478
|
663
|
7,980
|
|
Angus
|
3,249
|
203
|
321
|
3,773
|
|
Argyll and Bute
|
5,858
|
236
|
338
|
6,432
|
|
Clackmannanshire
|
977
|
77
|
125
|
1,179
|
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
6,307
|
280
|
435
|
7,022
|
|
Dundee City
|
2,884
|
336
|
573
|
3,793
|
|
East Ayrshire
|
2,435
|
230
|
351
|
3,016
|
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
1,141
|
197
|
260
|
1,598
|
|
East Lothian
|
2,043
|
178
|
244
|
2,465
|
|
East Renfrewshire
|
818
|
126
|
216
|
1,160
|
|
Edinburgh, City of
|
8,473
|
1,243
|
1,951
|
11,667
|
|
Eilean Siar
|
1,733
|
62
|
94
|
1,889
|
|
Falkirk
|
2,702
|
281
|
406
|
3,389
|
|
Fife
|
7,104
|
653
|
1,051
|
8,808
|
|
Glasgow City
|
11,943
|
1,628
|
2,420
|
15,991
|
|
Highland
|
12,284
|
625
|
894
|
13,803
|
|
Inverclyde
|
1,277
|
174
|
221
|
1,672
|
|
Midlothian
|
1,556
|
155
|
266
|
1,977
|
|
Moray
|
3,055
|
192
|
288
|
3,535
|
|
North Ayrshire
|
3,075
|
257
|
401
|
3,733
|
|
North Lanarkshire
|
4,518
|
626
|
881
|
6,025
|
|
Orkney Islands
|
1,589
|
66
|
78
|
1,733
|
|
Perth and Kinross
|
5,135
|
378
|
528
|
6,041
|
|
Renfrewshire
|
3,294
|
404
|
581
|
4,279
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
4,946
|
232
|
414
|
5,592
|
|
Shetland Islands
|
1,425
|
68
|
106
|
1,599
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
2,782
|
270
|
456
|
3,508
|
|
South Lanarkshire
|
4,956
|
626
|
905
|
6,487
|
|
Stirling
|
2,816
|
260
|
380
|
3,456
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
1,488
|
164
|
241
|
1,893
|
|
West Lothian
|
2,537
|
322
|
507
|
3,366
|
|
Scotland
|
124,629
|
11,596
|
17,439
|
153,664
|
(Source: Written Answer S3W-7498)