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One of the best-known bakery firms in South Wales has welcomed the news of the Government’s U-turn on the so-called ‘pasty tax’. Jenkins the Bakers, a third generation family business based in Llanelli and with shops across South West Wales, was in the vanguard of the campaign to halt the tax proposal. “The Government U-turn is a victory for people power,” said the Jenkins Bakery’s company secretary and director David Jenkins. “At the outset, we said that the tax was unmanageable, unpalatable and unfair. “The Government was out of order in attempting to introduce VAT on some of the nation’s favourite and most affordable foods. “We know how popular our products are and many appeal to families who are already suffering severe budget restraints in these difficult economic times. “If the ‘pasty tax’ had gone ahead, our customers would have felt the damage of this unwelcome tax in their pockets and that would have been bad news all around. The Chancellor, George Osborne, angered craft ...

One of the bosses from popular South Wales bakery Jenkins the Bakers joined a march on No10 Downing Street today in protest at the Pasty Tax. David Jenkins, commercial director and company secretary with Jenkins the Bakers, joined hundreds of bakers in presenting a petition objecting to Pasty Tax to No10. Mr Jenkins said: “It is grossly unfair to ask the consumer to pay an extra 20 per cent on the product simply because it is either hot or warm. “We live in a very difficult economic climate and a lot of our customers are on very tight budgets and they cannot be expected to pay the extra amount. “It’s an unfair tax” The Jenkins Bakery currently sells more than 50,000 corned beef pasties every week in South West Wales. Mr Jenkins said the proposed 20 per cent VAT would obviously hit sales of the bakery’s products. Today’s march was organised by the National Association of Master Bakers (NAMB) and started from Pudding Lane. Up to this morning, nearly 500,000 signatures had been collected ...

One of the best-known bakery firms in South Wales has appealed for support from the public against the so-called ‘pasty tax’. Jenkins the Bakers, a third generation family business based in Llanelli and with shops across South West Wales, is in the vanguard of a campaign to halt the tax proposal. “The tax is unmanageable, unpalatable and unfair,” said the Jenkins Bakery’s operations director Russell Jenkins. “The Government is out of order in introducing VAT on some of the nation’s favourite and most affordable foods. “We know how popular our products are and many appeal to families who are already suffering severe budget restraints in these difficult economic times. “Our customers will feel the damage of this unwelcome tax in their pockets and that is bad news all around. The Chancellor, George Osborne, has angered craft bakers across the country with his Budget plan to change the VAT rules on freshly baked, hot pies, pasties and other savouries. Mr Jenkins said: “It is ant...