Retail

Pickles blocks “lazy” Tesco tax

By 2014-10-28T10:48:00

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Communities secretary Eric Pickles has rejected “lazy” proposals for a so-called ‘Tesco tax’ which would have seen an 8.5% business rates levy on supermarkets in some local authority areas.

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