Business

Business Connects

Get support and advice to start or grow your business.

Cost of doing business

Help and advice for businesses with the cost of living crisis and the cost of doing business.

Business rates

How to register for business rates and pay online.

Doing business with us

Advice and guidance about how to win contracts for goods and services with H&F Council.

Licensing

Our most requested licences are for premises, clubs and events.

Markets and street trading

We want to ensure that street trading activities operate safely and legally and provide more markets and street trading opportunities to help local small businesses to thrive.

Food safety

Guidance about food safety and how it affects your business.

Highways licences

Links to highways permits, including skips, scaffolding, cranes and site huts.

Commercial waste

H&F offers reliable, flexible and competitively priced waste and recycling collections to local businesses.

Trading standards

H&F trading standards, what we do, where to get help and information about trading standards.

Filming

How to find out more about the support and guidance on offer for organisations wishing to film in H&F.

Health and safety at work

Guidance and information about health and safety at work.

Upstream London

Hammersmith & Fulham's Industrial Strategy for economic growth.

Creative Enterprise Zone

Hammersmith & Fulham has been accredited by the Mayor of London as one of nine Creative Enterprise Zones (CEZ) across London.

Our Annual Report: Looking ahead to 2025-26

We're delivering a Stronger, Safer and Kinder borough for everyone. And we've kept council tax in H&F the third lowest in the country – thanks to our ruthless financial efficiency.

Read our Annual Report 2025-26 - delivered to every home in the borough.

Annual Report 2025-26