but that is a tall order when your customers have less money in their pockets, you ve got energy support for businesses being radically scaled back, tax breaks on investment being phased out. if you do make a profit, they are going to be taxed at 25% rather than 19%. all things likely to dent rather than boost confidence and that is what business would like the chancellor s help with in the budget. lunchtime on the slough estate. customers will see help with energy bills continue after after march. that bakery itself will see that help cut back, putting paid to mark priestley s plans to grow from four to ten outlets. now we are reluctant to commit ourselves. we were hoping to employ at least another 50 people this year on top of what we are doing but at this time, we are thinking we have got to stay still because we just don t know what costs are coming. have you got many empty units? very, very few. we are running at historically low vacancy rates. despite the many pressures, not many