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Chorley Apprentice star's pie shop closure prompts Burnham reply
Paul Bowen says a rise in employer's National Insurance was "the tipping edge" to him closing a pie shop.
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Apprentice star tells PM why pie shop is closing
Image caption, Paul Bowen took part in The Apprentice in 2024
ByEmma Stanley
North West
A pie shop owner who starred in The Apprentice has told Prime Minister Andy Burnham he is closing one of his three shops because of rising business costs.
In a social media post directed at the prime minister, Paul Bowen, who owns Bowen Pies in Chorley, Lancashire, said the increase in employers' National Insurance was "the…
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