Legislation News – Page 109
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Neame: we're not a cash cow
There’s “something very wrong” with Britain’s tax system when firms like Starbucks pay “next to nothing” while brewers endure an “unsustainable” tax burden, British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chairman Jonathan Neame has said.Speaking at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner, Neame stressed how the reputation of the industry is “on the ...
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Minister ducks self-regulation issue
The Government has washed its hands of the self-regulation deal to govern the pubco-tenant relationship, claiming all the commitments made “have now been achieved”.Last week, the new minister in charge of monitoring the deal, Jo Swinson, snubbed requests for an interview with the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.She took the role of ...
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Operators call for 2013 business rates freeze
Leading food and grocery operator have united in a bid to urge the Government to freeze business rates in 2013.Martin Shuker, managing director of KFC, and Ken McMeikan, chief executive of Greggs, joined 12 leading retail operators in signing a letter, written by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) as part ...