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Originally Posted by andyl

Well I market small businesses. Do you? You see if you don't I'm not sure your opinion counts (based on the logic of your 'if you're not an employer' jibe).

But surely you can agree that the two million who will benefit will outnumber the small businesses? Yes, if a business goes down then people will lose jobs, but as with the minimum wage most businesses will ride this out. And as others have pointed out, if they cannot afford to give BH entitlement their businesses must be in pretty poor shape.

I'm not the one generalising here.