Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley attacks Burnham's 'populist' High Street plans.
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Billionaire Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has criticised recent cost of living and retail policies from Andy Burnham as "populist reactions".
Billionaire Sports Direct创始人迈克·阿什利批评安迪·伯纳姆近期的生活成本和零售政策为"民粹主义反应"。
In a letter to the prime minister, the entrepreneur accused him of "jumping on 'everyday fixes' or bandwagons", while "disastrous" business rates policies and increases to the cost of employing workers were causing businesses to struggle.
在给总理的信中，这位企业家指责他"盲目跟风"，而"灾难性"的商业税率政策和员工成本的提高则导致企业陷入困境。
He also described a previous proposal of increasing business rates on large warehouses to help reduce them for pubs and clubs as "delusional".
他还称此前提高大型仓库营业费率以帮助降低酒吧和俱乐部税率的提案是"妄想"。
A Downing Street spokesperson said Burnham would "build a new economy that backs British business, delivers growth in every postcode and ensures the essentials in life - like energy, water and housing - are affordable again."
唐宁街发言人表示，伯纳姆将"建立一个支持英国企业、实现每个邮政编码增长、确保生活必需品——如能源、水和住房——再次可负担的新经济。"
Promises including cutting VAT from household electricity bills and reducing business rates for some firms is "just the start", they added.
他们补充说，包括削减家庭电费增值税和降低一些公司的业务费率在内的承诺"只是一个开始"。
Earlier this month, Burnham promised to revitalise Britain's "hollowed out" high streets by helping councils block new vaping and betting shops.
本月早些时候，伯纳姆承诺通过帮助议会阻止新的vaping和博彩商店来振兴英国"挖空"的大街。
He also brought forward a plan to end subscription traps and ban shops using misleading recommended retail prices, which can make it seem like discounts are larger than they really are.
他还提出了一项计划，以结束订阅陷阱，并禁止使用误导性建议零售价格的商店，这可以使它看起来像折扣比实际更大。
In Ashley's letter, seen by the BBC and first reported by the Financial Times,, external he hit out at announcements made since Burnham succeeded Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister.
在阿什利的信中，BBC看到并首次被英国"金融时报"报道，他在伯纳姆接替基尔斯塔默爵士担任总理以来所做的公告中大打出手。
The businessman called on Burnham to use his first Budget, scheduled for 27 October, to lower costs for employers and change the government's position on business rates.
这位商人呼吁伯纳姆使用他的第一个预算，定于10月27日，以降低雇主的成本并改变政府对商业费率的立场。
Pubs, social clubs and live music venues will get a 20% business rates cut from April, while a review has been launched into how the tax, which high street firms have long called for reform to, is calculated.
酒吧、社交俱乐部和现场音乐表演场所的营业率将从4月份下调20%，同时还对高街公司长期以来呼吁改革的税收如何计算进行了审查。
"Shortsighted or populist reactions to underlying business challenges are not the answer," Ashley said in the letter.
"对潜在商业挑战的短视或民粹主义反应不是答案，"阿什利在信中说。
Ashley has repeatedly called for a fundamental overhaul of the tax, including levelling the playing field between High Street retailers and online rivals.
阿什利一再呼吁对税收进行根本性的改革，包括在高街零售商和在线竞争对手之间建立公平的竞争环境。
"If your answer is to tax larger retailers even more, through hiking business rates on retailer owned or third-party warehouses whilst reducing rates for pubs and clubs, then that is simply delusional," he wrote.
"如果你的答案是通过提高零售商自有或第三方仓库的营业税率，同时降低酒吧和俱乐部的税率，那纯属妄想，"他写道。
Burnham previously said before he was prime minister that cuts for pubs, clubs and music venues could be paid for by higher levies on warehouses operated by online firms such as Amazon, and targeting the owners of empty high street properties.
伯纳姆此前曾表示，酒吧、俱乐部和音乐场所的削减可以通过对亚马逊等在线公司运营的仓库征收更高税费来支付，并针对空置的高街物业业主。
Ashley built Frasers Group from a single Sports Direct store in Maidenhead in 1982 to a sprawling empire of dozens of brands employing 30,000 people.
阿什利于1982年将弗雷泽集团从梅登黑德的一家Sports Direct门店发展成为拥有数十个品牌、雇佣3万人的庞大帝国。
The billionaire has frequently attracted controversy from investors and the media, with accusations over the years of building success by exploiting workers.
这位亿万富翁多年来经常引发投资者和媒体的争议，有人指控他通过剥削工人来建立成功。
In 2016, Ashley admitted to MPs that workers at his Derbyshire warehouse had been paid below the minimum wage and a policy of fining staff for being late was unacceptable.
2016年，阿什利向议员承认，他在德比郡仓库的工人工资低于最低工资，且对员工迟到处以罚款的政策是不可接受的。
The business, still owned by Ashley but run by his son-in-law Michael Murray, this month bought luxury department store Harvey Nichols and promised a "significant restructuring" of the business.
这家仍由阿什利拥有但由其女婿迈克尔·默里经营的企业本月收购了奢侈百货公司哈维·尼科尔斯，并承诺对业务进行"重大重组"。
Ashley also used his letter to ask Burnham how the prime minister intends to revive Harvey Nichols, which has faced financial challenges in recent years.
阿什利还用他的信询问伯纳姆总理打算如何重振近年来面临财务挑战的哈维尼科尔斯。
Referencing comments by Tory peer and former Marks & Spencer boss Lord Rose, who called the announcements "hot air", Ashley said "I agree with him".
参考Tory peer和前Marks＆Spencer老板Lord Rose的评论，他们称这些公告为"热空气"，Ashley说"我同意他的看法"。
"It is the disastrous business rates position (which I have raised many times over the years) and the dramatically increasing cost of employing people that are really causing business to struggle," Ashley said.
阿什利说："正是灾难性的商业利率状况（多年来我多次提出）以及雇用人员的成本急剧增加，才真正导致企业陷入困境。"
"You have the chance to make a difference or get it horribly wrong," he added.
"你有机会有所作为或得到它可怕的错误，"他补充说。
Ashley said the High Street will be "further devastated" without major reforms, and warned Burnham's suggestion he will consider further business rates changes in the coming Budget are "too little, too late".
阿什利表示，如果不进行重大改革，高街将"进一步遭受破坏"，并警告伯纳姆建议他考虑即将到来预算中的进一步商业税率调整是"为时已晚"。
He also used the letter to attack Burnham's plans to clamp down on the use of recommended retail prices, saying instead the real issue is "price fixing in sporting goods and other markets" - where he cited the rising cost of official football merchandise.
他还利用信中抨击伯纳姆限制零售推荐价格的计划，称真正的问题是"体育用品及其他市场的价格操控"——他提到官方足球商品价格上涨。
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