Closed down chicken shop business with newspaper covering the windows on 15th January 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Things have been difficult for small businesses over the past two years and especially now with the ongoing cost of living crisis and the increasing financial pressures on the cost of goods in which prices for many essential goods in the UK began increasing faster than household incomes, resulting in a fall in real incomes. This is caused in part by a rise in inflation in the UK, as well as the economic impact of foreign issues.