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Part time retail employment to be hit hard by NICs rise, says BRC

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The cost of employing people into entry-level jobs leapt by over 10% this week for retailers across the country, and by 13% for those working part-time, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). This is a result of the “double whammy of costs” hitting the…

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