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Charity Shops
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Following a recent trip abroad Mrs New Judge and I were talking about some of the shopping areas we had visited. It occurred to us that neither of us had ever noticed any charity shops when outside the UK. Of course when travelling we tend to visit the tourist hot spots or beach resorts and do not usually frequent the equivalent of Croydon or Basildon High Street. But nonetheless we wondered if charity shops are a peculiarly British phenomenon. Have any AB-ers come across any charity shops whilst abroad?
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Charity shops in this country only have to pay 20% of the normal business rates for their premises. (That's actually a maximum. In some cases they might get additional relief). If such a system doesn't exist elsewhere, it might be uneconomic to run charity shops in other countries. However, from the last time this question was asked, it seems that there's at...
14:01 Thu 08th May 2014