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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Tom Knowles

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Emma Harrison at her pub, the Three Hills
Emma Harrison says the next year is going to be really hard for her pub, the Three Hills. Photograph: Anna Gordon/The Guardian

Emma Harrison has begun to wonder how her business will survive in recent weeks. The managing director of the Three Hills pub in Bartlow, Cambridgeshire, is struggling to see how she will make a profit after examining the impact of her rising tax bill.

“I’m really terrified about this coming year,” Harrison says. “We’re a well-run pub, we’ve won lots of awards, but this is going to be really hard.”

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