ACS writes to chancellor to warn that smaller retailers face ‘pretty bleak picture in 2025’

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Source: HM Treasury

The chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores has written a letter to chancellor Rachel Reeves warning that the Budget has left many smaller retailers facing a “pretty bleak picture in 2025”.

In the letter, ACS boss James Lowman says that measures in the Budget will add over £666m worth of added costs to the convenience sector in 2025.

 

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