VOA Media Centre

This is a resource for journalists, and others, with an interest in the Agency’s business. We want the Centre to work for you – helping you get to up to date, jargon-free information quickly and easily. We would welcome your comments to help us continue to improve and develop a solution that best meets your information needs, please refer to the Contact Us section, or use the Feedback button.

As well as news releases, you will find ‘briefing notes’ covering our main areas of work – council tax and business rates - drafted in plain English for clarity and consistency, so you can be confident you’ve got your facts right.

We have also provided an image gallery. This contains low-resolution thumbnail shots, which you can simply click on to enlarge and check that the shot is what you need, before downloading a ‘zipped’ copy of the high-resolution version.

Finally, we have attempted to anticipate your needs for associated information from other parts of Government involved in business rates and council tax, and the professional bodies representing surveyors and valuers. To get you to where you need to be quickly and easily, we have provided links to a range of these websites.