The depressing trend hitting Greater Manchester businesses - and the desperate pleas for help
Business have seen their bills surge by 81 percent on average, driving urgent pleas for more help from hospitality firms.
Ramsbottom has been hit hard by the economic downturn. In February, the Hearth of the Ram shut and went up for sale. Last month, its well-loved Chocolate Cafe served its last confectionery, and equally popular Spanish joint Levanter went. Levanter’s statement confirming their closure echoed a similar message. But it’s not just Ramsbottom which has been hit hard.
“We have lost lunchtime and after-work trade, because everyone is working from home, [so] we have to do gigs and later events, and that causes more wear and tear to the venue. “We have issues with the parquet flooring… [repairing] it was urgent. Without the flooring inside [being okay], I would have to shut it.”
Last month, analysis of official Government data by the commercial real estate specialist Altus Group found more than 150 pubs have disappeared for good from English and Welsh communities over the first three months of 2023, representing a 60 percent jump on levels from last year. Now, the trade bodies have joined forces to warn that more venues will shut for good if cost pressures do not ease soon.
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