After lockdown closures, supply and staffing issues, inflation and high energy bills could be fatal for many businesses

Britain’s hotels, restaurants and bars had high hopes that Liz Truss might act as prime minister to address crushing cost rises as they emerged from the Covid pandemic.

Her business energy support package offered some respite, but the economic chaos and mortgage payment rises triggered by the shortest premiership in British history have further hit customer spending power.

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