Lauren, from Bury, works 50-hour weeks to keep afloat
“The only thing keeping me going is the fact I have staff with bills to pay,” Lauren Hutchinson says. “I’m desperately trying to hold on for them.” It’s an impossible situation many small business owners face at the moment.
“I’m neuro-diverse and I have a lot of customers who are too. It’s providing a safe space for people and it would be really sad to lose that.” “Part of you is like, ‘Is it even worth it?’ Some days we have no customers in. If I kept the kitchen open, I would have closed. I know it.” “Boris told people to stay in and that kind of thing, but we weren’t told to close. Afflecks’ Christmas is October because of Halloween so it’s rammed – but we were dead. It was awful.
“There’s no way I would be able to cover their wages with a part-time contact. There’s only so long you can do that for. My staff are absolutely wonderful holding the fort while I’m away with another job and I’m really lucky to have them, I’m just hopeful summer will fix things for us.
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