‘After two years of increasing business costs, this Budget must break the cycle’
By 
Helen Dickinson2026-10-16T05:30:00
This Budget is an opportunity to change course on business costs, believes BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson, who met the chancellor this week to press retail’s case
After two years of inflation-busting employment cost increases, higher business rates and an ever-growing tax burden, the industry needs a change of government direction. What it cannot afford is another Budget that talks about growth while making it more expensive to employ people, to invest, and to keep prices down.
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