Bars and restaurants face New Year disaster after losing £10,335 each in Christmas week
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Venue owners fear a nightmare Christmas week will be compounded by quiet New Year’s Eve celebrations as mixed messaging from the government – and fears about record case numbers – causes people to scale back plans. At Heaney's restaurant in Cardiff, owner Tommy Heaney spent the run-up to Christmas phoning customers to ask if they would be cancelling their New Year’s Eve bookings. Many Welsh hospitality business owners are frustrated that differences in the rules across the UK mean customers can make a New Year’s Eve celebration trip to England with fewer restrictions. Simon Wright, founder of restaurant group TGP, warned that inadequate government support would worsen the damage and force restaurant owners to make “difficult decisions” about staff numbers in the new year.
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