Isme chairman Finbarr Filan said further increases to business costs would be 'devastating', and insisted he was 'not an alarmist'
Small businesses have taken aim at Government plans to increase the minimum wage in next week’s budget, claiming further increases to their costs will be “devastating”.
The national minimum wage is expected to rise by 65 cent in the budget, which would be an increase of just under 5 per cent, bringing it to €14.15 per hour.
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