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Sebastien Haller left after 18 months to join West Ham for £45m, but scored just 14 times in 54 appearances.

Adrian Haller, who runs the UK arm of Bruderer, a Swiss manufacturer that makes high speed presses, is preparing to open a new factory in Telford, Shropshire.

But Mr Haller is in no doubt that the Budget "put a dampener" on the business, with some of his biggest customers more cautious after the rise in employer National Insurance contributions was announced.

Mr Haller said that at the beginning of last year "manufacturing was going great guns" but after an expected pause around the general election, activity has failed to pick up.

“IFA looks forward to ensuring the job-killing PRO Act and Biden-era joint employer standard have no place in the incoming administration,” Matt Haller, chief executive of the International Franchise Assn., said in a recent statement.