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Independent retailers warn of job cuts as rising business costs loom

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Independent retailers are warning of job losses and cuts to staff hours because of rising business costs triggered by the double whammy of increases to national insurance contributions (NICs) and the minimum wage. A survey by the Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed), which represents…

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