Another week of political chaos left local shops facing higher costs, lower post-tax profits and increased prices following two bouts of government U-turns.
A rise in corporation tax from 19% to 25% from April 2023 was announced on Friday 14 October and followed by three further announcements expected to negatively affect local shops on Monday 17 October.
These include cancelling the 1.25 percentage-point cut to dividends tax that was planned for April, cancelling a freeze in alcohol duties and confirming current energy-bill support for businesses will end in April 2023.
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