A restaurant has been forced to slash its hours after massive rises in energy bills meant it was too expensive to stay open. The owners of Anar Kali Restaurant in Haslingden were hopeful about the business having survived the pandemic.
Now Yasin and Salma Ali are scared of losing their family business after they saw their monthly bill soar to £2,600 - nearly three times more than the original cost. It is not just energy bills that have hit the husband-and-wife team.
Cooking oil prices have spiked, with the food staple costing double now than previous. As reported by LancsLive, Yasin said: "The restaurant trade has been massively impacted over the last two years during Covid.