Small businesses in Spain struggling to survive amid financial woes

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Small businesses in Spain struggling to survive amid financial woes

STORY: Small businesses in Spain struggling to survive amid financial woes DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets and shops 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ROBERT COT, Shop owner in Barcelona 3. various of customer shopping and talking 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): ROBERT COT, Shop owner in Barcelona 5. various of products and customer shopping 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Catalan): ROBERT COT, Shop owner in Barcelona STORYLINE: A complex of problems including inflation, energy crisis, and disrupted supply chains, has made it increasingly difficult for many small shops in Spain to survive. From January to October 2022, more than 16,000 small businesses were closed, says the Spanish Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers. Small businesses have lost almost 8 percent of the market share in the past two years. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ROBERT COT, Shop owner in Barcelona "Right now with the rise in the cost of electricity, social securit

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