Chris Dawson’s The Range defends decision not to hand back business rates saving

Household goods chain The Range will not be following some other essential retailers and paying back the £36million it has saved in rates relief – but stressed it has used the cash to make stores Covid safe.
The Plymouth-headquartered company, run by former market trader Chris Dawson, has benefited from the Government’s year-long business rates holiday, designed to help stores cope with the…