Among the biggest concerns for landlords is the impending end next month of the government’s energy bill support program
Thanasis Gavos
About 630,000 small businesses in the UK believe they are likely to be locked out in the near future due to higher costs amid the country’s ongoing punctuality crisis.
The web design company for business Go Daddy analyzed sustainability data for 2.3 million companies employing fewer than ten employees and saw that more than one in four are barely surviving.
Among the biggest concerns for landlords is the imminent end, next month, of the government’s support program for energy bills.
At the same time, Lord Baird, founder of the magazine Big Issue sold by the homeless and needy, revealed that active sellers increased last year by 10% compared to 2021.
Now overall 3,642 people they work as salespeople, either to have their only income from the magazine, or some supplemental income. According to Lord Baird the increase in sellers is indicative of the dire economic situation in which many more citizens have fallen.
At the same time, the Barnardo’s charity found in its research that approx 30% of parents in England, Scotland and Wales they are afraid that maybe their families will stay homeless due to the increased cost of living.
Almost 50% fear that their children will not have a “normal childhood” due to deprivations from cuts in the family budget, which even concern basic needs, such as food and heating.
From the sample of 1,000 parents asked, about 25% said they had recently had difficulty providing enough food for their children.
High on parents’ concerns, according to a survey by the Center for Progressive Policy, is the high cost of child care.
The UK is the most expensive country for nurseries and other similar structures, according to the OECD.
The think tank’s research adds that parents’ inability to send their young children to daycare centers forces them to work fewer hours, costing the national economy an amount between 27 and 38 billion a yeari.e. up to 1% of GDP.
Finally, since Sunday the price of rail tickets in England and Wales has increased by 5.9%, the biggest increase since 2012.
Source :Skai
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