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Social supermarket helps me to afford Christmas
BBC Yazz Gough uses the Re:dish Good Stuff social supermarket in the Reddish area of Stockport A customer of a social supermarket has said she “can afford a few extras for Christmas” thanks to the money she saves there on her weekly groceries. Yazz Gough, who goes to the Re:dish Good Stuff in the Reddish…
Business rates changes will cost me £62,000
The owner of a small pub chain in the south east of England has said his costs will rise by £62,000 per year after changes announced in the Budget. Phil Thorley, who runs the Thorley Taverns pub group, said business rates – a tax on commercial properties – will rise for 17 of his 18…
