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Did the bad weather ruin your bank holiday?

The Centre for Economics say scrapping Bank Holidays would save the UK 拢2.3bn.

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The Centre for Economics and Business research have told the 大象传媒 that each bank holiday costs the UK economy 拢2.3bn.

They say that scrapping them altogether would boost annual output in this country by 拢19bn.

A less extreme measure would be to spread them out over the year to stop struggling UK businesses losing momentum.

The founder of the CEBR has said that if you add up the offices, factories and building sites across the country around 45 percent of the UK economy suffers over bank holidays.

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Tue 10 Apr 2012 09:00

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  • Tue 10 Apr 2012 09:00