Leaked Budgets, Wage Hikes and a Milkshake-y Sugar Tax: Retail’s Autumn Statement Wake-Up Call

This fiery bonus episode pulls no punches, cutting through the Autumn Statement spin with outrage and insight. Hi, I'm Clare Bailey, founder of Retail Champion. In this one, we head from the unprecedented OBR leak and Kemi Badenoch’s scathing budget roast to a “minimum wage” hike that isn’t what it seems and a bizarre new “milkshake tax” – we’re calling out the nonsense head-on. We expose how rising business costs are gutting our high streets and question if energy “support” comes with rationing vibes. We even flag the safety risks of the new self-check-in era, and ask who really wins when small shops get a boost at big retailers’ expense.