{"id":181236,"date":"2023-11-02T00:16:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181236"},"modified":"2023-11-02T00:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:16:44","slug":"savile-row-designers-demands-rishi-sunak-scrap-the-tourist-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/savile-row-designers-demands-rishi-sunak-scrap-the-tourist-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Savile Row designers demands Rishi Sunak scrap the tourist tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The King&#8217;s tailor leads protest by Savile Row designers demanding Rishi Sunak scrap the tourist tax<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Some 400 businesses\u00a0back campaign to reinstate VAT-free shopping\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anda Rowland says tax could lead to job losses on famed London street\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Research shows Paris and Rome enjoying a bigger post-Covid visitor rebound<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The tailor to the King braved the rain alongside leading Savile Row designers yesterday to demand Rishi Sunak scrap the tourist tax.<\/p>\n<p>Some 400 businesses, including Burberry and Marks &amp; Spencer, have already backed the Mail&#8217;s campaign to reinstate VAT-free shopping for tourists.<\/p>\n<p>They warn that, since the UK axed the incentive in 2021, tourists have instead flocked to places such as Paris and Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Anda Rowland, director of Anderson &amp; Sheppard, whose double-breasted suits are sported by King Charles, said the tax could lead to job losses on the famed street, home to tailors including Gieves and Hawkes, Huntsman and Henry Poole &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<p>She said schemes such as her firm&#8217;s five-year apprenticeships for craftsmen could be at risk if customers shunned the UK, adding: &#8216;It is just going to get worse&#8230; people will just spend elsewhere.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77292649-12699615-image-a-17_1698875050979.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Some 400 businesses, including Burberry and Marks &amp; Spencer, have already backed the Mail&#8217;s campaign to reinstate VAT-free shopping for tourists<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77292645-12699615-image-m-19_1698875080981.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anda Rowland, the Owner of Anderson and Sheppard,\u00a0said the tax could lead to job losses on\u00a0Savile Row\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77286783-0-image-a-13_1698873646986.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak has been urged\u00a0o &#8216;look at the maths&#8217; after research showed Paris and Rome enjoying a bigger post-Covid tourist rebound than London<\/p>\n<p>Simon Cundey, the seventh generation of his family to run Henry Poole &amp; Co, said the government had handed European countries an &#8216;advantage card&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He urged Mr Sunak to &#8216;look at the maths&#8217; after research showed Paris and Rome enjoying a bigger post-Covid tourist rebound than London.<\/p>\n<p>Extra visitors would boost the wider economy as visitors who come to the UK to shop also spend money on transport, theatre, restaurants and coffee shops.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Raban, a menswear tailor at Scabal, which has designed suits for films including The Godfather and The Wolf of Wall Street, said a lack of a tax-free scheme was a &#8216;massive challenge&#8217; for the sector.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;People are now shopping in Milan and in Paris. It has affected us dramatically.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Jeweller Kiki McDonough, whose gems have been worn by Princess Diana and Kate, said the government appeared &#8216;out of touch&#8217; on the levy&#8217;s wider consequences, adding: &#8216;This is not about Bond Street&#8230; this is about the whole country \u2013 we are really down on tourists spending money.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sir Rocco Forte, whose open letter to the Chancellor began the campaign, said: &#8216;It is the most anti-business government we have had since the 1970s. It doesn&#8217;t seem to be receiving the message at all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The fashion sector is hoping Jeremy Hunt will show a change of heart on the issue in his Autumn Budget later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12699615\/Kings-tailor-protest-Savile-Row-designers-demanding-Rishi-Sunak-scrap-tourist-tax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The King&#8217;s tailor leads protest by Savile Row designers demanding Rishi Sunak scrap the tourist tax Some 400 businesses\u00a0back campaign to reinstate VAT-free shopping\u00a0 Anda Rowland says tax could lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Savile Row designers demands Rishi Sunak scrap the tourist tax - 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