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Small business owners feel election result will have minimal impact, report shows

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A new report from SumUp, the global fintech company, reveals the current confidence levels of UK small business owners and decision makers. With this in mind, SumUp surveyed 750* small UK business owners and decision makers within small UK businesses to see how confident they…

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