'Unfair' warehouse tax will hurt retailers, Tesco says
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Ken Murphy, the chief executive of Tesco, believes that business rates need to be reformed - Ben Stevens/Reuters The boss of Tesco has urged John Healey to exclude retailers from "fundamentally unfair" plans to mount a tax raid on large warehouses in the Budget. Ken Murphy, the…
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTNEUTRAL✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bearishTesco CEO urges exclusion of retailers from warehouse tax plans in Budget, citing unfair business rates regime.AI-generated summary
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- 01Tesco CEO Ken Murphy urged John Healey to exclude retailers from warehouse tax plans.
- 02Murphy stated retailers pay four times more than their fair share of business rates.
- 03He called for exemption for all retail businesses from the new rateable value threshold.
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