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Fish and chip shop industry blasts 'short-sighted' tax hike as businesses battle to survive

Fish and chip businesses are struggling to stay afloat because of sharp increases in all their main raw material costs and higher taxes and wages.

A woman dressed in traditional costume serves fish and chips to visitors at Blists Hill Victorian Museum in Ironbridge.
A woman dressed in traditional costume serves fish and chips to visitors at Blists Hill Victorian Museum in Ironbridge.Photo: Paul Maguire / Shutterstock.com
Published 30 March 2022, 08:01Updated 30 March 2022, 12:59
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