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Menzies’ Spring Budget wish-list and recommendations for the retail sector

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With the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, set to deliver his Spring Budget to Parliament on Wednesday 6 March, retail business and employees alike are seeking certainty and reassurance. Martin Hamilton, director and retail sector specialist at Menzies, the accountancy and strategic advisory firm, has issued the…

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