The latest demand is to reduce the threshold to around £6.80, which would stop the larger chains from selling entertainment product several pounds cheaper than those without a Jersey or Channel Islands-based distribution set-up.
“Firms that sell from UK High Streets have no such advantages and many are being driven out of business simply because they cannot compete with their rivals’ artificially low prices,” FPB chief executive Nick Goulding told the BBC. “In simple terms all retailers want, surely not unreasonably, is for the re-introduction of a level playing field.”
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