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Fed members meet Robbie Moore MP in Yorkshire

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Representatives from the Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) met with Robbie Moore at the business of Kishor and Hema Patel in the MP’s Keighley and Ilkley constituency on Wednesday, 29 July. They discussed some of the challenges facing small businesses, including rogue trade in…

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