Businesses have fewer protections than residential users against higher electricity and gas costs, and industry groups warn of widespread closings this winter.
We all know that if we want to make money in our pubs, we need customers to buy drinks and food but there are many aspects needed to enable that to happen from having the right staff to do the right things through to back-office tech to help make the most of what you have.
The landlord of three Cornish pubs has explained how they have managed to survive the pandemic so far – but he fears for the industry as a whole. The hospitality industry has arguably been one of the sectors worst affected since the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, with most pubs, clubs and restaurants currently closed across Britain for a third time. Mark Holden is company director of Inn Cornwall, which incorporates the Norway Inn at Perranarworthal, the Victoria Inn at Threemilestone and the Victoria Inn at Roche. He said: “At the beginning of March, before the pandemic was declared, I was part of a focus group to consider the impact of coronavirus – unaware of what was ahead. Feeling inspired, and slightly scared, we [Inn Cornwall] worked on looking at ways of working differently with the help of a variety of different partners.