Rural businesses are set to lose out when business rates are updated in April, with league tables showing livestock markets, livery yards, riding schools and stud farms will see sharp rises in the amounts they pay.
Rates are normally updated every five years, but a delay this time means the adjustment period will cover seven years, with rateable values reflecting open-market rental values as of 1 April, 2015.
Among the businesses set to benefit in the latest revision are bingo halls, cement and steel works and oil refineries.
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