This government needs to understand the very serious pressures that all small and medium-sized businesses are encountering and must resolve to immediately put in place a series of measures designed to provide badly needed relief to the sector
We need a temporary financial support package that will give immediate assistance by way of a suspension of commercial rates, a number of measures specifically designed to acknowledge the importance of energy in our business including making provisions for inclusion in schemes from which we are currently excluded ,and the application of a rebate or refund scheme to reduce the effect that community-based retailers are experiencing with increases of over 200% the cost of energy.
CSNA will seek the assistance of other representative bodies with similar concerns to join the call to action.
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