There are new calls to move the Budget to a different time of year.
It is generally published in early December with the 2012 Budget spread across 2 days.
However retailers say this is a bad time to have such uncertainty in the economy.
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Nigel Blow is the chief executive of Arnotts department store.
He wants to see it moved to a more “sensible time earlier in the new year”.
Speaking to Newstalk he believes we should take note of what the UK does for its budget.
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