BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 16:44:00
To get to the point of making it financially viable. since october businesses have been getting support with energy costs. their bills have been capped, but that scheme has cost the taxpayer {18.4 billion, so from tomorrow a new scheme starts, offering a discounted rate instead, estimated to costjust £5.5 billion for the coming year. but with some saying their bills could rocket by more than 400%, it is feared 300,000 small businesses might need to restructure, downsize or even close. there is some good news, official figures confirm today that at the back end of last year the uk economy grew...