Leyla Aslan has directed Camia Café at Stoke Newington Church Street with her brother Buulent for 16 years.
Coffee sells Mediterranean dishes, full baggettes and sandwiches of mother dough, and cold and hot popular cakes among its customers.
But despite the bustle of life in an area that a resident described as an “urban people”, the brothers are now the only people behind the counter.
Leyla said: “We cannot afford to have staff, we do not win that well, we manage by Ourelves.
“We had staff in the past, but it is difficult to justify now. The increase in national insurance has made it even more impossible.”
At the beginning of April, the government increased the national minimum wage and national insurance. At the same time, commercial rates increased, as well as gas and electricity prices.
Leyla added: “It is difficult for business owners. Commercial rates have increased and competition has become more difficult. Income are already high. We feel that we are working for advice and owners, not for ourselves.”
In an area where three bedroom houses were sold in the 1980s for £ 40,000, he said that the two bedroom floor on his store had recently sold for £ 800,000.
She said: “It has a terrace, but ultimately, it is a plane of two beds and a lease, not to the property.
“People like me could never buy here. We can work here, but never buy. This is for people who have money.”
On the same street, Michael Naik will celebrate 40 years of selling and renting properties next month.
Originally from Mauricio, he said that his customs are not limited to Stoke Newington. His company manages properties for owners in the United States, Canada, Western Indies: “Many countries.”
The increase in housing prices may seem to benefit it, but it says that the increase in national insurance will make it more difficult even for it to recruit and believe that reducing interest rates could help the real estate market.
He added: “At this time, people ask what will happen to the economy.
“We want to see that the base rate decreases only for sales to work again. It is a bit slow at this time.”
