Wetherspoons to offer cut price food and drink next week in Portsmouth pubs as part of Tax Equality Day.
‘We are keen to highlight the amount customers could save if VAT in pubs was lowered permanently’
Pub-goers will benefit from cut price food and drink at Wetherspoon pubs in the Portsmouth area next week as part of a campaign to highlight tax inequality.
The likes John Jacques in Fratton and the Isambard Kingdom Brunel in Guildhall Walk will be knocking 7.5 per cent off the price of their food and drink on Thursday, September 17. It is part of Tax Equality Day which aims to highlight the benefit of a CAT reduction in the hospitality industry.
The reductions are available for one day only. At the moment, all food and drink in pubs is subject to 20 per cent VAT while supermarkets benefit from a zero rate on all food.
The John Jacques manager, Chris Read, said: “We are proud to support the campaign to reduce the level of VAT within the hospitality industry. Customers coming to the pub on Thursday, September 17 will find the price of their food and drink is lower than normal.
“We are keen to highlight the amount customers could save if VAT in pubs was lowered permanently. A reduction in the level of VAT on a long-term basis will generate growth and create jobs in the important hospitality sector and help the high street, of which pubs are an integral part.”
The pubs taking part in the offer are: The Isambard Kingdom Brunel in Guildhall Walk, The John Jacques in Fratton Road and The Sir John Baker in London Road, North End, Sir Alec Rose in The Boardwalk, Port Solent, The First Post in High Street, Cosham, The Crown Inn, in West Street, Fareham and The Round Coppice in Whiteley Shopping Centre, The Star in High Street, Gosport, The Parchment Makers in Park Road North, Havant, The Lord Palmerston in Palmerston Road, Southsea and The Denmead Queen in London Road, Waterlooville.