‘Ticking timebomb’: 500,000 small businesses may go bust ‘within weeks’
Small firms are facing a "ticking time bomb" without further support, industry chiefs warned.
Small firms are facing a "ticking time bomb" without further support, industry chiefs warned.
Some Tory MPs complained the support package was “throwing red meat to socialists” and would damage investment in the sector.
It comes as hard-up shoppers are asking checkout staff to tell them when they hit £40 so they can put the rest of their food back on shelves.
“Even in the Scottish Tory leader’s own constituency (Moray), off-grid homes are facing destitution because of soaring heating oil costs. How can Douglas Ross not have clarified what support is available for his own constituents?
The windmill was constructed sometime between 1835 and 1850 and milled corn until 1925, when it was damaged by a storm and fell into disrepair.
"Rather than making fossil fuel companies pay their fair share, the public purse will actually be subsidising this climate-wrecking investment to the tune of almost £6bn. This is obscene.”
"Seepless nights are all that that happens with the energy crisis, because there’s no guarantee at the end of each month that I’m going to have enough money to pay for my bills."
"Amazing really that Rishi Sunak has found £10BN under the magic money tree just the day after #partygate what an incredible coincidence."
The problem with one off support packages is that they are, by definition, one offs.
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