Some of our best-known — and best-loved — firms enjoy a free ride. It’s time to make them pay their dues, write John Arlidge and Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Asif al-Najjar runs the Surf ‘n’ Click internet coffee bar in west London. His chalkboard menu tempts customers with danish pastries, french fancies and Italian coffee.
He does not offer the Dutch sandwich or the double Irish — but is beginning to think he should. “I pay 23% business tax. Starbucks next door pays almost nothing. It’s not fair,” he says.
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