NEWS DIGEST
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SUN RISES
LEGISLATION
1 August. Monday to Friday
DRAFT FINANCE BILL SET TO ADD YET MORE CHALLENGES FOR RETAILERS
editions will rise by 5p while
THE UK GOVERNMENT RECENTLY PUBLISHED DRAFT LEGISLATION
weekend editions will increase
TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE FINANCE BILL 2020-21 FEATURING
by 10p. All percentage margins
SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WILL IMPACT ON THE LOCAL
for retailers will be maintained
RETAILING SECTOR.
The cover price on all editions of The Sun and The Sun on Sunday will rise from Saturday
at their current rates.
NEW LIDL APP Lidl Ireland has launched a new rewards app offering customers guaranteed savings each week and the chance to win instant rewards. The app offers shoppers at least €10 a week in coupons which can be redeemed at the till by scanning their Lidl Plus cards. They’ll also receive a
The draft legislation to be included in the Finance Bill 2020-21 has been published by the UK Government and includes several important points that would have an impact on the local retailing sector. Q Making Tax Digital (MTD) – a roadmap for MTD has been published alongside long-term plans for tax administration reform. Legislation in the Finance Bill will extend Making Tax Digital for VAT to all businesses below the
VAT threshold from April 2022. MTD will be extended to Income Tax Self-Assessment from April 2023. Q Alcohol duty system – The UK government will, before the end of September 2020, publish a call for evidence in relation to reform of the alcohol duty system. Q Plastic Packaging Tax – the deadline for responses to proposals around a ‘Plastic Packaging Tax’ have been extended to 20 August 2020.
digital scratchcard offering the chance to win prizes every time they shop.
UNCLE BEN’S RECALL Mars Food is voluntarily recalling select production batches of Uncle Ben’s Brown Basmati 250g Ready-to-heat rice due to the “possibility of the presence of glass”. Mars is working with retailers to remove product with specific best before codes from 17 Nov 2020 to 19 Jul 2021.
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NEW ILLICIT TRADE ‘POSTCODE CALCULATOR’ JTI has today announced the launch of a new ‘Postcode Calculator’, a free-touse online tool which enables retailers to find out how badly their local area is being affected by illicit tobacco. Retailers can enter their postcode area and find out how many seizures and/or prosecutions have taken place near that location since 2017, including estimates of the quantity and total value of illegal tobacco reported. There is also the option to expand their search to cover the wider area (e.g. from LU Luton to East of England)
to view the percentage of non-UK duty paid cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco in their region versus the UK average. The new interactive feature has been added to JTI’s dedicated Don’t Be Complicit in Illicit microsite which has also benefitted from a content update and fresh new look, and continues to play an important part in JTI’s fight against the illicit trade. For more information on the new Postcode Calculator, please turn to page 22.
