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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Hannah Baker

Cost of living crisis is 'destroying business', says Bristol vintage clothes retailer

The boss of a Bristol-founded vintage clothes business that has seen a "drastic drop" in sales over the past month says the cost of living crisis is "destroying" her company.

Kate Ashwell, co-founder of Ashwell & Co, has urged the Government to do more to help firms as rising inflation puts pressure on household spending.

Inflation rose to 9% in the year to April - up from a high of 7% in March - according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It was the fastest measured rate since records began in 1989.

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