We had a very established fish&chip place (takeaway and restaurant) near us, been there so long that the bus stop was named after it. Unfortunately they suffered badly with lockdown despite loads of loyal local business and finally closed down amid the cost of energy crisis.
Then we had good news just before the 2024 GE - a neighbouring F&C chain bought up the premises and reopened, starting initially with just the takeaway side while they prepared to renovate the restaurant. At the end of the summer the new proprietors started advertising for waiting staff, ready to launch the restaurant in the autumn.
Then came the budget.
The job advertisements in the window were removed that very week. The takeaway staff told us that the restaurant reopening was being postponed for a bit. The takeaway business soldiered on until early this spring, then closed down suddenly and permanently. We don't know the first thing about running a food business, but the barber across the road told DH that the budget (employer NI, etc) scuppered things and the premises weren't cost-effective to run without both parts operating, so the chain just cut its losses and dumped the whole thing.