Small businesses on the frontline as global uncertainty and rising costs pinch

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For Marcus Booth-Remmers, Easter guarantees a sugar hit in more ways than one. From his cafe and factory in the Adelaide Hills, the chocolatier has spent the weeks leading up to the holiday period busily handcrafting and selling a range of specialty chocolate eggs, bunnies and bilbies. "It is one of the absolute busiest times of the year for us," the Red Cacao cafe owner says. "The Easter period equates for up to a third of our yearly trade, so it's really one of our peak periods." He says the boost in sales is welcome after a year of challenging...