BRC: Back to the drawing board

Turning up like a bailiff and being demanding with spot record checks has not earned HMRC any favours, reports Rachel Fielding

‘Fiasco’, ‘own goal’, ‘heavy-handed and misguided approach’ – the powers that be at HMRC are well used to critics putting the boot in. But even the taxman seems to have underestimated the backlash as the drama surrounding its Business Records Checks regime unfurls.

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