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Tag Archives: Health Levy
What Are Retailers For?
My recent visit to Poland and the symposium on sustainable development discussion brought back memories from my first visit to Poland in 1987 and discussions we had there around retail location and the purpose of retailing. In that not quite … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Diet and Health, Legislation, Plastic Bags, Retail Levy, Scotland, Scottish Government, Tobacco
Tagged Alcohol, Health Levy, Legislation, Planning, Plastic bags, Policy, Scottish Government, Tobacco
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Swings and Roundabouts on the Tax Front
A number of issues in the press the last week caught my eye around the subject of taxes. We start with the news out of Denmark that the government there has announced the removal of the world’s first “fat tax”. … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Diet and Health, Rates, Retail Levy, Sainsbury, Tax
Tagged Denmark, Fat Tax, Health Levy, Rrates, Sainsbury, Scotland
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To consult or not; is that the question?
Almost a year ago I wrote here about a proposed consultation on plastic bags and argued that we should simply get on with it as the arguments have all been rehearsed before. So, today, what has been launched? Yes, consultation … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Change, Government, Plastic Bags, Regulation, Retail Levy, Tax
Tagged Charging, Health Levy, Plastic bags, Scotland, Tax
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The Scottish Government’s Health Levy on Large Food Retailers
In early 2011 the Scottish Government’s proposal for a large store levy was rejected in the Scottish Parliament. In its Autumn 2011 budget proposals the initiative re-emerged but fashioned differently as a ‘public health levy’, targeted at large retail stores … Continue reading
Posted in Diet and Health, Government, Retail Levy, Tax
Tagged Health Levy, Large Retailerss, Scottish Government
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