{"id":68980,"date":"2024-11-21T19:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=68980"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:01:08","slug":"small-businesses-are-feeling-the-pinch-of-the-autumn-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2024\/11\/21\/small-businesses-are-feeling-the-pinch-of-the-autumn-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Small businesses are &#8216;feeling the pinch&#8217; of the autumn budget, says shop owner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The owner of Plant + Pot in Cardiff\u2019s Royal Arcade talks about how new financial pressures will affect independent businesses in a new podcast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Podcast_Group4_Portrait-1-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Podcast_Group4_Portrait-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harry Thorpe (owner) spends lots of time working on the shop floor or in the upstairs workshop space he created. photo credit: Wiktoria Jazwinska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Small local businesses with higher wages to pay may struggle more as the <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2024\/10\/30\/cardiff-companies-are-banding-together-to-offset-rising-energy-bills\/\">Autumn budget<\/a> takes effect, says the owner of an independent plant shop in Cardiff\u2019s Arcades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a new podcast called Own It, Harry Thorpe, who owns the business <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuup.co\/hosts\/plant-pot?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaMNYSKbZrED6Q4u0Uyy7Hh6i5qmrHuIh4qDOk21JZsRn0smzRLmPmY_zw_aem_Uj4h-5datsSW4Sbq3KGdlQ\">Plant + Pot<\/a> in the Royal Arcade, said that small businesses he\u2019s spoken to with \u201cbigger payrolls or wage outlays,\u201d are \u201cdefinitely more concerned\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know that some of the businesses that are still considered small, local and kind of family-run but have a higher wage budget are feeling the pinch somewhat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Podcast_Group4_PlantShop-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Small business, Plant + Pot, shop front\" class=\"wp-image-68982\" 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city\u2019s indie business hubs. photo credit: Wiktoria Jazwinska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thorpe has owned Plant + Pot since January of this year. He \u201cstumbled into\u201d running his business through an advertisement on Facebook marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was searching for second-hand furniture on Facebook marketplace, just looking for something for the house, came across the plant shop and was kind of intrigued,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought it must be some kind of scam but messaged the seller and she said she was indeed selling the shop,\u201d &nbsp;he added. He decided to buy the shop over Facebook marketplace soon after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I know that some of the businesses that are still considered small, local and kind of family-run but have a higher wage budget are feeling the pinch somewhat<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine months after Thorpe began running the business, on 30 October, chancellor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N2IfQBgm5F0\">Rachel Reeves announced<\/a> that the amount employers pay in National Insurance will increase from 13.8% to 15% in April 2025. Reeves also announced a drop in the secondary threshold, with taxes being paid from \u00a35,000 instead of \u00a39,100. This will create a higher wage bill for employers from April 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thorpe said his business won\u2019t be impacted as much as other businesses by this announcement because of the age profiles of his staff and where his employees fall within lower wage brackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He adds: \u201cThe only people that will potentially suffer within the short to medium term are those on a slightly higher wage band because of National Insurance and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support smaller businesses with the changes in tax, Reeves said there would be an increase in the employment allowance and employers could also claim up to \u00a310,500 back from their National Insurance bill. 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