# Baker says UK business climate and market lease dispute may force relocation

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/what-has-happened-to-our-country-britains-most-successful-baker-who-was-banned-from-borough-market-says-hes-tired-of-doom-and-gloom-under-labour-and-its-easier-to-run-a-business-abroad/
- Published: 2026-10-26T00:08:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T00:22:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16232891/Britains-successful-baker-BANNED-Borough-Market.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Geopolitics, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Bread Ahead’s Borough Market lease runs until March 2028.
- Matthew Jones says he feels unwelcome and may leave.
- Relocation could cost £1 million and put 83 jobs at risk.

## Summary

Bread Ahead founder Matthew Jones says difficulties renewing the bakery’s Borough Market lease have left him feeling unwelcome and frustrated with the business climate in Britain. The dispute matters because the popular family firm says relocating could be costly and put jobs at risk, while Jones says opening and running businesses abroad has been easier.

Bread Ahead has traded at Borough Market since 2013 and now has an extension until March 2028, the date the market says its lease was always due to end; no agreement has been reached beyond then. Jones says the market cited the stall’s success, customer numbers and the firm’s overseas expansion, while the market said it lacked space. Moving could cost up to £1 million and affect 83 employees; the article also notes the employer National Insurance rate rose from 13.8 to 15 per cent and the secondary threshold fell to £5,000.

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