Business

Labour candidate Leigh Redman was yet again a notable absentee from a hustings event, when he was nowhere to be seen as candidates met at the Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce. Business owners and members of the Commerce questioned general election candidates vying for the Bridgwater seat, with Claire Sully demonstrating how the Liberal Democrats are…

Claire Sully, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the new Bridgwater constituency, believes the Conservatives are no longer the party of business with recent figures showing business closure rates in the UK to be at their highest since 1990. Research released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) collating UK business deaths in 2023 has revealed…