Agreed that with effect from 1st April 2014 a discount of £1,000 (subject to state aid limits) be awarded for all occupied retail properties with a rateable value not exceeding £50,000 and a 50% business rate relief for 18 months for businesses that move into retail premises that have been empty for a year or more; agreed that 100% rate relief for 3 months be awarded for any day between 1st December 2013 and 31st March 2014 where non domestic properties have been flooded and meet other qualifying criteria; and authorised the Head of Customer Services and Local Taxation Manager to award these discounts.