The hospitality and entertainment sector warns Boris Johnson’s latest Covid-19 clampdown will leave many firms struggling to survive and risks putting a million people out of work.
Pub landlords, cafe owners, caterers, theatres and sports clubs told of their despair at restrictions that leave them facing six more months of lost trade.
And there were calls to continue the vital furlough lifeline beyond the end of October. Entrepreneur and former Pizza Express boss Luke Johnson said: “I would estimate of the three million [on the furlough scheme] at least a million will be made redundant.” And trade bodies revealed almost a quarter of their members think their firms will fail by the end of the year without further support. What is your view?
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