Why are prices so high in the UK?

Short answer is yes businesses do have to pay high ground rent and high tax rates in uk but VUE do make huge profits too in canada logic prevails and things like cinema and petrol has Always been cheap and will stay cheap but in the uk most companies were based in London and increased prices country wide to make profit trouble is some people can not afford these prices so places shut down its a bit of a money saving game in the uk there is ways to find real cheap ways of getting what you want but the glitzy easy ways like vue cinemas you pay a premium price for the pleasure.