Groups of protesters took part in a co-ordinated day of action against mobile phone company Vodafone. Protesters targeted Vodafone after the Government allowed it not to pay tax when it acquired German engineering company Mannesmann for €180bn.
The countrywide action followed after a small group forced Vodafone’s flagship store on Oxford Street to close on Wednesday.
Photos: Protesters shut down Vodafone stores across the country
A small group of around 40 protesters shut down Vodafone’s flagship store on Oxford Street after they blocked the entrance within ten minutes of the store opening.
Organisers of the protest told people to gather outside the Ritz hotel and to follow a person with an orange umbrella who would lead them to the unannounced target.
The protest came after Private Eye magazine revealed last month that Vodafone had avoided paying tax when it acquired German engineering company Mannesmann for €180bn. Last week Chancellor George Osborne announced £7bn of welfare cuts, whilst Private Eye put the loss of tax from Vodafone at £6bn.