The prospect of any viable business having to seriously contemplate the prospect of closing due to the cost of electricity should be sufficient to alert the “powers that be” that a national crisis is in the making.
CSNA and other employer representative bodies have a path worn to various Ministers and relevant Government Departments alerting them to the perilous state that we were heading. We have provided expert advice on the effects that these increases will have on the SME sector.
We can only hope that our collective voices have been heard and heeded and that the September Budget will provide sufficient comfort for our members, their staff, and their customers.