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Military personnel and families pay respect at CFB Borden to veterans and fallen soldiers on Remembrance Day.

Farm shops are under pressure from spiralling energy prices and labour shortages, forcing the closure of successful and well-established businesses. The

Businesses, hospitals and schools - which are not covered by Ofgems domestic price cap - will see an injection of emergency support under a six-month scheme.

British households now face the shocking prospect of Ofgem price caps rising to £6,000 next year, economists have warned.

Crippling energy price hikes are forcing Britains remaining small businesses - many of which have scraped through lockdown - to reduce their hours, and in some cases, close down.

T & P. A. Murray on Gloucester Road, Bristol closed its doors for the final time this month after its annual energy bill rose from £7,000 to £22,000.