The MD of Starbucks UK is taking action to pay Corporation Tax.

Coffee-shop chain Starbucks has only paid €35,000 in taxes in Ireland since 2005, while paying €5.7m in royalty and licensing fees to its parent company, accounts filed by the US coffee chain’s wholly-owned Irish subsidiary Ritea Ltd show.

THE logic that typically prevails during an economic downturn is: when money is tight, the luxuries fall by the wayside.