'People have a bit more money in their pockets': Cork shop owner hopes budget will boost business

Philip Hurley, owner of Wild Side Sports in Bandon, said increase in minimum wage could wipe out any benefit for business owners from budget measures

Philip Hurley, owner of Wild Side Sports, Bandon, Co Cork, said he expected his costs to increase following the budget as a result of changes to minimum wage. 

The budget will put more money in people’s pockets but “you are not guaranteed” that it will end up being spent in your business and help offset the increasing costs, a Cork retail business-owner has said.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Philip Hurley, owner of Wild Side Sports in Bandon, Co Cork, said he was optimistic for next year following the budget — as people can expect more money in their pockets — but as a business-owner he feels like there wasn’t much in it for him.