Extreme weather risk poses major threat to small businesses

Will Nichols
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Open University finds extreme weather second only to economic fears as cause of concern for small businesses

Extreme weather events are seen as a "real threat" by over a quarter of small and medium-sized UK firms, according to research conducted before the recent spell of storms and flooding. A survey of 1,353...

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