A SCOTTISH party shop is being forced to close because of a global helium shortage.
Owners of family-run The Party Shack, in Musselburgh, Edinburgh, claim a lack of helium has stopped the shop from taking balloon orders for more than two months.
Helium, a natural gas, is a finite resource which has led to prices rocketing over the past few months. The supply of the gas has been rationed while major plants undergo maintenance.
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