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Pharmacies Closing
The rise in the minimum wage and the additional cost of employers National Insurance contributions means closure for many pharmacies. The chairman of Numark Pharmacies which has 5500 outlets says that since 90 percent of business is NHS based, prices can't be increased and therefore the extra costs can't be recovered.
Another snag this hapless, hopeless government missed.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Even the ones in supermarkets are closing in my area. We have Superdrug and a few independent mini chains but they are normally linked to a second business stream, things like care and mobility aids, so pick up your meds and get crutches to use to go to the benefit office. ( mobility scooters are big business in my area, well it's too far to walk to McDonald's). So long as the money comes in Labour will get the votes of the non working benefit classes. Add in the idealists who probably shop on line anyway their ill thought out plans won't affect their voters too badly. Need a pharmacy, or florist, or any other small business in your way too or from work... No chance.
We live in a smallish but v busy town. We had a Boots, another small pharmacy, and a huge pharmacy. They shut the first two this year which just leaves the huge one, which as you can imagine gets chaotic now. And it now shuts at noon on Saturdays instead of being open all day, so if you need a pharmacy for absolutely anything after mid-day you have to travel out of town.
Canary This has nothing to do with resentment of Tories voters to the defeat, there are plenty of other posts when this can discussed. As untitled pointed out, pharmacies were clsoing before the budget, and this Chancellor having the opportunity to put right any wrong that previous governments have caused the Pharmacies, but instead she has chosen to aggravate the situation, causing them potentially close at a faster rate.
Scrapping the barrel yet again for any possible blame to put onto labour.
Pharmacies were closing down WELL before the GE, and it has nothing at all to do with labour costs, its all about profit margins the same as any other business.
You will be telling us all next that the off load of supermarket staff is labours fault, nothing to do with self service checkouts. <:0)