Bailiffs
If you have not made a suitable payment arrangement, then
we can use bailiffs to collect the Business Rates due. This
will add more costs to the amount you have to pay.
The bailiffs recover the debt you owe by removing and selling
your goods. They can remove goods up to the value of the money you
owe the Council and their own costs. The goods will then be
sold at public auction. The bailiffs can take almost any goods that
you own. The bailiffs must give you a receipt for all the money you
give them.
If you pay your debt, including all costs, before any goods are
taken or sold, the seizure or sale will be stopped.
You can keep your goods in your property if you have signed an
agreement with the bailiff. They will return at a later date if you
do not make repayments as agreed.