Business

Information and services in business

• Business rates

  How pay your business rates

  • How to pay your business rates
  • Look up your business rates balance
  • Sign up for business rates alerts
  • Sign up to Open Portal
  • Business rate recovery

  • Tell us about your change of address
  • Business rates and rateable values
  • Business rates relief
  • Business rates frequent freedom of information
  • Your guide to business rates virtual brochure

  

• Health and safety

  Information on health and safety

  • Health and safety
  • Working safely during Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Health and safety advice and guidance

   

• Food businesses

  Advice and information for food businesses 

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for food businesses
  • Register a food business
  • Food premises inspections
  • Food hygiene ratings

  • Food safety training
  • Food allergens
  • Safer food better business
  • Mobile caterers
  • Cake makers

• Growing your business

  How we can help you grow your business

  • Business growth services
  • Plan for growth
  • Mentoring
  • Brexit advice for business

  • Support for business during COVID-19
  • Cycle storage grant scheme

• Supporting your business

  Services we offer to support businesses in our district

  • Support for your business during COVID-19
  • Meeting room and venue hire
  • Commercial waste
  • Commercial property for sale or rent
  • Pest control

  • Advertising and sponsorship
  • Print and graphics
  • Free business funding and support
  • Energy Efficiency Advice 
  • Skills for your business

• Selling to us

  Find out what contract opportunities are available

  • Contract opportunities
  • EPH ( formerly known as The Essex Procurement Hub)
  • How our quotation and tender process works
  • Community Right to Challenge

  • Our procurement policy
  • Purchase orders and payments