The luxury goods sector has made a fresh plea for the government to urgently reinstate VAT-free shopping, after it warned the UK can no longer afford to remain “uncompetitive” and said the tourist tax is hurting business.
In the latest of growing calls for the return of tax-free shopping for overseas tourists, trade body Walpole’s chief executive Helen Brocklebank said: “The Government has asked for evidence, now it must listen to what businesses have to say.”
