Here is the answer to the question: Can village shops and post offices get any sort of business rate relief?
Legislation allows Local Authorities to give 50% relief from rates to post offices and general stores in areas designated by the Government as ‘rural settlement areas’. To qualify for 50% relief, the property: must be within the boundaries of a qualifying settlement must have a rateable value of not more than 6,000 must be used, in whole or part, as general store or post office, or both and must be either the only general store or the only post office in the settlement. If you qualify for this relief, it will already be shown on your bill.
