All Tax articles – Page 13
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Tax campaigner call for end to duty escalator
The new chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance has urged Chancellor George Osborne to scrap the alcohol-duty escalator, which he said is causing damage to pubs
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Minister rules out pub rates changes
Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis has told M&C Report’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser that the Government has no plans to change the current way of working out the business rates of pub premises
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NewsVAT Club ‘back on track’, says Borel
Jacques Borel’s VAT Club has obtained 24 lobbying appointments with MPs and had responses from a further 55, according to the veteran campaigner
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NewsBBPA urges MPs to back beer duty freeze
British Beer & Pub Association chief executive Bridget Simmonds has written to MPs urging them to support a Parliamentary motion calling for a freeze in beer duty in the Budget on 20 March
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Pre-tax losses widen for A to Z Restaurants
A to Z Restaurants, the trading name of the four-strong London Fine Dining Group, saw pre-tax losses widen from £874,000 to £1.1m in the year to 31 March 2013
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Taxpayers 'subsidising unfair practices of pubcos'
Taxpayers will subsidise the “unfair” practices of tenanted pub companies to the tune of c£33m - or potentially more than £100m - per year unless the Government presses ahead with plans to reform the tenanted model, a political think tank has told the Government
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Gamestec joins VAT campaign
Gamestec, the UK’s largest gaming and amusement machine operator, has joined the campaign to reduce VAT for the sector to 5%
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Inc Group founder Dowling 'arrested in tax probe'
Frank Dowling, founder of the London-based pub and restaurant company Inc Group, has reportedly been arrested on charges related to tax fraud
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NewsFulham Shore reports H1 pre-tax loss
Fulham Shore, the restaurant venture from ex-Clapham House Group chairman David Page, has reported a pre-tax loss of £74,399 in the six months to 29 September and said it continues to seek investment opportunities in the sector
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BBPA returns to pre-tax profit
The British Beer & Pub Association returned to pre-tax profit in the year to 30 September, a period described by chief executive Brigid Simmonds as “very successful” for the trade body
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NewsThree in four pubs to benefit from rate cut
M&C Report outlines reaction from industry figures and other experts to the announcements in the Autumn Statement
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NewsRate relief promised for vacant high street premises
The Government is to halve the business rates for businesses that operate vacant high street premises for two years under a system called re-occupation relief, Chancellor George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement today
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Call for pub rates burden to be eased
Readers of Publican’s Morning Advertiser, M&C Report’ssister title, are demanding that the Government takes action to reduce the burden of business rates on their pubs, and simplify the system
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C&C Group joins VAT Club
C&C Group, the producer of Magners cider and Tennent’s lager, has joined VAT Club Jacques Borel, the campaign groups that seeks to reduce VAT for the sector from 20% to 5%
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Bains wins R&D tax credits
A Michelin-starred chef has successfully claimed R&D tax credits from HM Revenue & Customs in an unusual move for a restaurant
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Tourism firms could make VAT cut price promise
Tourism businesses may be willing to reduce prices for consumers and guarantee to take on more workers if VAT was cut to 5% on the tourism sector, campaigners have told the Government
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Koppaberg and Monster join VAT Club
VAT Club Jacques Borel has recruited two further drinks brands to its campaign for a reduction on the level of VAT in the hospitality sector, Koppaberg and Monster
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NewsPublicans 'back VAT cut campaign'
A survey of 1,003 licensees by Cardinal Research on behalf of VAT Club Jacques Borel found that 96% say the pub and restaurant industry should campaign for the reduction
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Council flaws hit rate relief take-up
Fewer than 20% of councils have clear and up-to-date guidance on how to apply small business rate relief, meaning that many firms miss out on the assistance, according to a study from Oxfordshire-based Chartered Surveyors Bankier Sloan
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Report calls for 20% tax on sugary drinks
A new report from academics says a 20% tax on sugary drinks will reduce the number of obese people in Britain by 285,000 over the next decade