Energy costs and Covid pose ‘existential threat’ to UK’s small businesses

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Energy costs and Covid pose ‘existential threat’ to UK’s small businesses
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Crisis caused by record high energy prices is the ‘biggest concern’ for employers of 13m nationwide

Photograph: Stuart Wallace/Rex/ShutterstockPhotograph: Stuart Wallace/Rex/ShutterstockThe viability of thousands of small businesses is at risk as escalating energy costs take their toll on companies just as they try to recover from Covid restrictions, according to a stark warning from their federation.

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