Another week has flown by and you’ve probably already planned what takeaway it’s going to be this weekend.

Like most things at the moment, it is likely people are having to fork out more money for their favourite cheat meal.

Indian restaurant owner Karim Ullah says a “perfect storm” of the Covid pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the cost of living crisis has affected curry houses.

“Energy is horrendously high,” says Karim, who runs Brohmon restaurant in Stansted, Essex.

“Then staffing costs are very high now and then you’ve got the pressures of the cost of living crisis [and] people with less disposable income.”

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