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Spring Budget must provide help for small businesses, says The Fed

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The Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) has urged the chancellor of the exchequer to address a number of factors that are “threatening the very existence of many smaller retail businesses.” The Fed’s national president Jason Birks has written to Jeremy Hunt with a list of issues to be taken into consideration ahead of the …

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