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Burger King UK boss: “We are not intending to pay our rent”
Hundreds of High Street businesses are set to withhold their quarterly rent payments to pay staff.
Burger King chief executive Alasdair Murdoch said that the fast food chain will not be paying rent due on its UK restaurants this week, BBC has reported.
The government has said that shops will not forfeit leases if they do not pay, but will have to pay arrears in the future.
"We are not intending to pay our rent," Murdoch told the Today programme. "Most landlords have been reasonable about this. I do think there are a number of creative solutions as well.
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