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  As someone who runs his own company I have to agree with Barry that the amount of form filling required, particularly for HMRC, is a royal pain in the butt and is one of the things hindering many people from starting or growing their businesses. I also agree with the FSB that business rates and rent are destroying the High Street and/or turning it into the domain of only the national chains.
  
  It is extremely sad when any business is forced to shut its doors, but we need to examine each case to assess the reasons why rather than making generalisations that it is "the economy", yes in some cases it is indeed the general economic situation, but in many cases the reasons can be traced to such things as changing buying patterns/methods, failings on the part of the owner (poor marketing, mismanagement etc )

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