EK landlord calls for more hospitality support as he fears lockdown could be the end for many

dailyrecord.co.uk:

East Kilbride landlord is calling for more financial support for the battered hospitality industry – fearing the Boxing Day lockdown could spell the end for many.

Paul Jardine who runs the Village Inn told the News he, along with pubs and restaurants across the town, are hanging on “by a thread”.And he has called for a level playing field questioning why large retail chains are allowed to have hundreds queuing and swarming into stores while his doors have remained firmly shut.

Paul told the News : “ When you add it all up we will have lost nearly a year of sales - we are hanging on by a thread – and we are a successful business and in a good position before this. “There were others who were struggling before this and who will simply not.