Rank makes a significant contribution to the British economy through tax and employment, as well as benefiting the economies of Spain, Belgium, Gibraltar and Alderney through businesses based in or operating in those territories.
In the year 2017/18 Rank paid £228.3m (2016/17: £239.0m) to tax authorities and local governments in irrecoverable VAT, gambling taxes, corporate tax, employment taxes and local business rates. Rank has provided employment to approximately 10,000 (2016/17: 10,000) people across the Group. The broader impact of Rank’s operations, including taxes paid by supplier companies, is harder to quantify but no less significant.