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Sugar reduction is key trend for 2018
The impact of healthy eating trends coupled with the upcoming tax on sugary drinks next year, is prompting businesses to consider how they can reduce the sugar content in their food and drink. Speaking at last week’s MCA Marketing Conference, Kelly Healing, senior manager – leisure, Coca-Cola European Partners, said ...
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Greens call for £6.7bn ‘unhealthy food tax’
The Green Party has pledged to introduce an ‘unhealthy food tax’ as part of its General Election manifesto, which it expects would raise £6.7bn a year.
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VAT cut for foodservice ‘not feasible’
A VAT cut for the foodservice sector is “not a feasible or realistic ask in the present economic climate” according to the Cut Tourism VAT campaign.
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Labour to promise no VAT rise
The Labour party has pledged not to increase VAT if it wins the election saying hikes “hit pensioners and the poorest hardest”
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Gov’t treading a fine line with “Starbucks Tax”
A leading sector advisor has said that the Government is treading a fine line with plans to introduce a Diverted Profits Tax
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Borel willing to withdraw alcohol from VAT cut demands
Jacques Borel has admitted that withdrawing alcohol from his fight to cut VAT may be a ‘realistic concession’
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Bish to assist VAT Club
Former Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) chief executive Nick Bish has been drafted in to help boost membership of Jacques Borel’s VAT Club
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VAT Club members 'would agree re-investment promise'
Jacques Borel says “most” of his VAT Club members would sign a contract with Government binding them to re-investing the proceeds from a tax cut
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Operators say Tax Equality Day boosted sales
The second Tax Equality Day saw sales rise as much as 11% according to some of the operators taking part
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Business rate relief aids 300k pubs, restaurants and cafes
Business rates support has assisted nearly 300,000 cafes, restaurants and pubs following the introduction of the £1,000 discount that is worth an estimated £272m of relief to retailers
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VAT Club says 15,000 venues will take part in Tax Equality Day
A total of 15,000 pubs and restaurants have pledged to take part in Tax Equality Day this month
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Around 15,000 outlets to take part in Tax Equality Day
Around 15,000 outlets are expected to reduce their prices on Tax Equality Day on 24 September
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Whiting & Hammond signs up to Tax Equality Day
Whiting & Hammond, the Kent-based multiple pub operator, has pledged its support for Tax Equality Day on 24 September
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Tourism VAT cut: 'when rather than if'
The prospect of a VAT cut on hotel accommodation and tourist attractions is “a matter of when rather than if”, British Hospitality Association (BHA) chief executive Ufi Ibrahim has told M&C Report
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The Sun backs new tourism VAT cut drive
A new stage in the campaign to reduce VAT to 5% on hotel accommodation and tourist attractions has been launched, under the strapline Give Us A Break, with backing from The Sun newspaper
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Brakspear pledges VAT Club funding
Brakspear has pledged to give funding to the VAT Club for the further year
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Health quango to examine sugary drinks tax plan
A body that advises the Government on public health is to investigate the effectiveness of introducing a tax on sugary drinks, but has stopped short of recommending the measure for the time being
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Health body 'backs sugary drinks tax'
A new report from a Government-backed body that advises on public health is set to call for a tax on sugary soft drinks, a move that is likely to be rejected by the Coalition, according the Daily Mail
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VAT Club criticised for 'gunboat diplomacy'
The VAT Club has been criticised for its “gunboat diplomacy” and warned there is no chance of success in this Parliament
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Family brewers withdraw VAT Club group funding
The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) will not renew its group funding for the VAT Club when its three-year agreement expires at the end of June – though half of its members will continue to donate independently