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      <title>Retail and hospitality face the highest tax burden in the UK economy, BRC warns</title>
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      <description>BRC-commissioned analysis finds retailers paid 72p in business taxes for every £1 of pre-tax profit in 2025/26 — hospitality 82p — the highest effective rates in the UK economy.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
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