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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Holly Williams

Next boss warns over ‘anaemic’ growth and hit to jobs market from tax hike

The boss of retail giant Next has warned the UK faces years of “anaemic growth”, hampered by the Government’s jobs tax hike and rising unemployment weighing on businesses and consumers.

Chief executive and Conservative peer Lord Simon Wolfson said the firm’s UK sales will be dragged down by falling shopper confidence in the face of a faltering jobs market after April’s increase in national insurance contributions (NICs).

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