Four pubs in the Bradford area will slash food and drink prices by 7.5 per cent on Thursday, September 12, to highlight the benefit of a permanent VAT reduction in the hospitality industry.
The Myrtle Grove in Main Street, Bingley, The Turls Green in Centenary Square, Bradford, The Obediah Brooke in Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, and the Sir Norman Rae in Market Square, Shipley, all Wetherspoon pubs, will make the one-off, one-day cut to mark Tax Equality Day.
Manager of The Turls Green, Nicki Hanson, said: "Customers coming to The Turls Green on Thursday, September 12 will find the price of their food and drink is lower than normal."
Pubs are subject to 20 per cent VAT on all food and drink.
Wetherspoons argues that supermarkets, which pay no VAT on food, are able to use that saving to sell alcohol at a discounted price, giving them an advantage over pubs.
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