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Article: SMEs pass on costs to customers in wake of fuel crisis.
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- July 1, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 July 2008-Bibby Financial Services: SMEs pass on costs to customers in wake of fuel crisis(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The ongoing fuel crisis has hit the headlines as well as people's pockets, as price hikes, panic buying, strikes, and petrol shortages have become widespread across the UK. And the latest research from Bibby Financial Services* has revealed that more than half (52 per cent) of small businesses are already passing on to their customers increased costs incurred by the fuel crisis.
Of the businesses surveyed, 79 per cent of owners and managers said they were feeling the effect of rising fuel ...