South Lanarkshire Council says JD Wetherspoon not expected to begin work on Baird's becoming a pub until 2022
dailyrecord.co.uklink!"To be fair, I don't think anybody had envisaged 12 or 13 months ago that we would be going through Covid."Most capital projects, similar to the council, people have delayed them."However, officers have contacted Wetherspoons.
When you own a building you have to get a return for it."My understanding from speaking to officers is that Wetherspoons, depending on restrictions being eased, will look to open up their existing public houses throughout the year and then they will turn their attention to the Baird's building in 2022."However, Cllr Falconer wasn't satisfied and added: "Actually 200 yards from Baird's building, the Premier Inn continued to build through the Covid."The other fact is Wetherspoons are in the social recreation drinks.
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