Last year’s 2% cut on excise duty helped the Treasury increase its take from the tax on UK spirits sales by 4% to £96 million,…
Last year’s 2% cut on excise duty helped the Treasury increase its take from the tax on UK spirits sales by 4% to £96 million,…
The leader of a gang which evaded £1.8 million in excise duty has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. Paramjit “Pete” Bagri, from Holywell, north Wales, masterminded a gang which bought alcohol from legitimate bonded warehouses under the pretence of shipping them to the continent, then illegally diverted the shipments to the UK market. Mike O’Grady, assistant director of criminal investigation at…
