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lastlid
29th May 2012, 10:23
A chance to initiate a "fat tax" gone? Ot a triumph for one of the Uk's traditional foods?


"Bakery chain Greggs is celebrating following the Government's U-turn on the unpopular "pasty tax".
Chancellor George Osborne caved in on his plans to charge the 20% rate of VAT on hot baked snacks such as pasties and pies.

The climbdown, which followed a campaign to scrap the tax that was supported by 300,000 signatures, saw Greggs shares rise 8%.

Greggs chief executive Ken McMeikan said: "This is fantastic news for the customer more than anything. If we had to put up prices by 20% in the current marketplace when consumers are having a very difficult time we expected there would be an impact on sales but we don't know what it would have been. I think the Government deserves to be applauded."

The U-turn means the 20% tax will now be charged only on cooked pies and pasties that are kept hot, but not those that are still warm after coming from the oven"



Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/greggs-hails-pasty-tax-uturn-16164939.html#ixzz1wFUyLh3c

Dedworth
29th May 2012, 10:55
No connection whatsoever with Ginsters making a £100k contribution :laugher:

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Ginsters-owner-s-pound-100-000-Tories-days-pasty/story-16193328-detail/story.html

joebloggs
29th May 2012, 10:59
if the gov can u turn on this, maybe they will on the minimum income if enough people :furious3::cwm23::angry::xxaction-smiley-047

lastlid
29th May 2012, 11:18
if the gov can u turn on this, maybe they will on the minimum income if enough people :furious3::cwm23::angry::xxaction-smiley-047

Good point.

Only trouble is that there is a much stronger support in the country for warm pasties than for spouse visas......:D

lastlid
29th May 2012, 11:19
No connection whatsoever with Ginsters making a £100k contribution :laugher:

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Ginsters-owner-s-pound-100-000-Tories-days-pasty/story-16193328-detail/story.html


:laugher: What a coincidence eh.....:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Terpe
29th May 2012, 11:31
I just think the world's gone mad :Erm: