The latest businesses shamed for not paying tax in Greater Manchester - including top-rated restaurant

One of the highest rated restaurants in Manchester defaulted on hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax, His Majesty's Revenue and Customs claims. The company that ran The Laundrette in Chorlton is joined by a soft drink wholesaler in Bolton and a property firm in Ancoats among the businesses and individuals in Greater Manchester included on the 'current list of deliberate tax defaulters'.

A person or business appears on the list if HMRC claims they have deliberately defaulted on more than £25,000 in tax.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) say publishing the details is 'about influencing behaviour by encouraging defaulters to engage with HMRC'.

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Before updating its list HMRC claims it gives each defaulter an opportunity to argue why their information should not be released. The UK Government department removes a defaulter's details after 12 months.

The Manchester Evening News has attempted to contact all the businesses and people named below.

Below are the Greater Manchester-based names on the list, which was last updated on March 27...

The soft drinks and confectionery wholesaler, formerly based at 6 Herons Way, Bolton, defaulted on £484,234 between January 1 and March 31, 2021., HMRC claims It has been ordered by HMRC to pay a penalty of £338,963.80.

According to Companies House records the company was formed in September 2017 then changed its address to 139 Baring Road, London on January 18, 2021. On June 28, 2023 a winding-up order was issued against the company.

The company which ran The Laundrette in Chorlton - Manchester's third highest rated restaurant on TripAdvisor - has been ordered to pay a £344,888.18 penalty after HMRC claims it defaulted on £363,040.20 between April 6, 2020 and April 5, 2022.