Co-op warns 150,000 jobs at risk without business rates reform

Co-op colleague organising shelves

Source: Co-op

Co-op has called on the government to do more in the Budget to protect small shops, warning a failure to do so could cost 150,000 jobs.

The c-store specialist said that Britain’s high streets “face a critical moment” and that 60,000 small shops could disappear without urgent reform of business rates from the government.

 

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