Getting business rates right: why timing matters

Two weeks into the 2026 Rating List and we already find ourselves in a position that feels, at best, counterintuitive. In less than 12 months’ time, we will reach the valuation date for the 2029 Revaluation in England and Wales. For many across the property sector, that timeline feels almost implausible. Yet it is the reality we are operating within, and it raises a fundamental question: has the system become too compressed to function effectively?