Jeremy Hunt urged to ditch 'tourist tax' after refusing to bring back VAT-free ... trends now
Jeremy Hunt urged to ditch 'tourist tax' after refusing to bring back VAT-free ... trends now
Jeremy Hunt is urged to ditch hated ‘tourist tax’ after refusing to bring back VAT-free shopping for tourists - as boss of luxury watch pleads with chancellor ‘we can’t all be wrong’ Watches of Switzerland CEO asked Mr Hunt to give subject proper consideration He noted that stats point to how tourism is doing elsewhere, versus the UK
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Refusing to reintroduce the VAT-free shopping scheme for tourists was a ‘huge missed opportunity’ for the UK, Jeremy Hunt was told last night.
Brian Duffy, who runs luxury watch retailer Watches of Switzerland, urged the Chancellor to ‘please give this subject the consideration and analysis that it deserves’.
He added: ‘There are
