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Nightclub chief calls for end to support disparity The co-owner of the renowned Sub Club in Glasgow has called for an end to the “huge disparity” between the different support funds launched by the Scottish Government to help nightclubs and live music venues survive the coronavirus crisis.
READ MORE: The Sub Club was granted £40,000 under the GrassrootsMusic Venues Stabilisation Fund last year. While its application to that fund was under way, ministers opened up a further pot of cash, the Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund, which offered the chance for even bigger grants. However, by then it was too late for the Sub Club to apply.
80% of clubs will close by March without Government support, a new study from the Night Time Industries Assocation (NTIA) has found.
As it approaches 12 months since clubs across the UK were shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NTIA has surveyed over 100 clubs about the current struggles they are facing, primarily the lack of appropriate financial support, and an unclear exit strategy for reopening venues.
Of the 100 nightclubs surveyed, which included London s Egg, Sub Club in Glasgow, and Hangar, the NTIA found that 88% of clubs in the UK are in over two months worth of rent arrears, 86% had been forced to make redundancies with over 65% making over 60% of their workforce redundant before the end of 2020 and 43% had still not recieved any kind of financial support or grant from the government.