our business reporter peter ruddick reports. a trip to the market for shoppers in warrington. experience that has been getting more and more expensive. that's a problem for traders, too, whose own costs have also been on the rise. historically, shoe repairs should sort of increase on times like this, really, but we're just not seeing it. i think largely down to the of lack of footfall, really. people are people just haven't got the money. things have moved along and got steady, but like i say again, cheese went through the roof and they're all slow to come down because obviously it's costing a fortune to manufacture. a lot of price rises, price rises to me whether that's . electric, staff wages again in april van insurance anything - or come look to me but also for wallets to loosen, prices need to ease. inflation soared to a ao—year high 16 months ago driven by a surge in energy costs. it ticked up a surge in energy costs. it ticked up last year. today confirmation there was no repeat of that surprise rise last month. inflation remained at 4% in january. rise last month. infl