One in four pubs, restaurants, bars and clubs – almost 30,000 – have closed amid the curse of coronavirus and a 'job loss tsunami'. An industry survey found extreme pessimism among pubs and restaurants with another one in four – on top of those that have already gone – fearing going bust before Christmas. Greene King, which runs 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels, has seen a sharp fall in takings as a result of the curfew. The Prince William pub in the Lancashire village of Dalton was boarded up at the start of July and put up for sale by Robinsons Brewery. 'If they had hung on until pubs were allowed to reopen I think I could have turned it around.'

Source: Daily Mail September 29, 2020 21:35 UTC