that, they say, isjust unworkable and that means there s a big cloud hanging over the venue and a lot of concern. when you look at the stats, clubs have been battered over the past few years. and the pandemic threatens even more of them. six years ago, i made a documentary asking, where have all the clubs gone? what was this, then? this used to be liquid. this was literally - the biggest place to go. we have no real need to come here for a night out any more. back then, half had a shut in the past decade. that stat came from industry expert kate nichols, who now heads up uk hospitality. she s agreed to meet up for an update and appropriately, outside a closed down club. since then, we ve lost a further 25%, and a significant number of those have closed during the pandemic year. 0ne bit of the industry that s not been allowed to reopen at all since march. so while we saw stabilisation in 2018 19, i think we will see an accelerated closure rate through this year. a lot of her concern
the thing is, we ve got to plan anywayjust in case we can open. i mean, hopefully, i m feeling positive, i m keeping positive because when the news came out about the indian variant, it does affect you mentally, because you think, i ve just put three months of planning again. i think the thing that really strikes you there is the uncertainty that s the word they kept mentioning, how uncertain the future feels to them. they were saying that they re worried about rumours going around that maybe the government might let them open on the 21st, but put restrictions on the number of people that can come into the venue. that, they say, isjust unworkable and that means there s a big cloud hanging over the venue and a lot of concern. when you look at the stats, clubs have been battered over the past few years. and the pandemic threatens even more of them. six years ago, i made a documentary asking, where have all the clubs gone? what was this, then? this used to be liquid.
the thing is, we ve got to plan anywayjust in case we can open. i mean, hopefully, i m feeling positive, i m keeping positive because when the news came out about the indian variant, it does affect you mentally, because you think, i ve just put three months of planning again. i think the thing that really strikes you there is the uncertainty that s the word they kept mentioning, how uncertain the future feels to them. they were saying that they re worried about rumours going around that maybe the government might let them open on the 21st, but put restrictions on the number of people that can come into the venue. that, they say, isjust unworkable and that means there s a big cloud hanging over the venue and a lot of concern. when you look at the stats, clubs have been battered over the past few years. and the pandemic threatens even more of them. six years ago, i made a documentary asking, where have all the clubs gone? what was this, then? this used to be liquid.
into some kind of question. we ve been doing some socially distance events so you ll see in the room here, we ve got some tables laid out for a gig on saturday night. can you manage a business with that level of uncertainty over you ? it s just super difficult. you can tjust open a venue like this with one week s notice. we re booking acts and telling them they re12 18 months down the line. the thing is, we ve got to plan anywayjust in case we can open. i mean, hopefully, i m feeling positive, i m keeping positive because when the news came out about the indian variant, it does affect you mentally, because you think, i ve just put three months of planning again. i think the thing that really strikes you there is the uncertainty that s the word they kept mentioning, how uncertain the future feels to them. they were saying that they re worried about rumours going around that maybe the government might let them open on the 21st, but put restrictions on the number of people that can
we can t go out and buy everything we want because there is a moment in which we have to pay our bills. when it comes to the government, the more money the government takes, the less money there is available to invest in in job creating the more money money they take, the less to make in job investments. now it will lead to slower economic growth. it s a big cloud hanging over us. neither party wants to address it. we can t keep going in this way. we re going to get to the point the national debt itself, the payment will be bigger than some of the most critical programs we have in the country. there are things that are priorities but they will be drowned about because of the interest on the national debt. take into account they can t control themselves. it ha s a profound impact on