The Hospitality Leaders Poll, conducted by Lumina Intelligence, on behalf of
The Morning Advertiser, MCA, Big Hospitality and Restaurant, included 191 operators, of which, over a third (34%) said they had not reopened yet.
What’s more, less than a quarter of those surveyed (23%) said their business has been very poor and ‘barely worth reopening’ for since rules were eased on Monday 12 April in England to permit outdoor trade.
Less than one-in-10 of those surveyed (9%) mentioned being very busy and experiencing an ‘extremely encouraging start’, while just over two-in-five respondents (43%) said they had been ‘busy, with some moderate level of trade’.
Overall, some 43% of those asked reported some level of 'busy' trade.