@vanillisgelato@DuncanBannatyne@Jenny_1884 I have another catering business and 3 years ago I had an electricity bill for £3256 !!! Our local MP read it out in parliament. I had a lovely letter from the treasury just saying basically hard luck and blamed everything going on in the world.
@DuncanBannatyne@Jenny_1884 Running a cafe or coffee shop used to be relatively profitable. Now wage costs are nearly 50% , vat kills these businesses. Rates for some not every one has to pay rates . Costs of goods , electricity for us is over £580 a month. ( 28 seat)