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Holly Lennon

Batgirl filming 'decimates' trade for city centre businesses struggling after lockdown

Glasgow businesses say they have been left struggling due to filming crews blocking off customers.

Glassford Street is has been closed to traffic since February 11 to allow production crews to film scenes for Batgirl.

The filming is said to have 'decimated' trade for businesses still struggling after lockdown and restrictions put in place over Christmas.

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Staff have been forced to move barriers put up around the street themselves to allow access to their businesses and say their concerns have been ignored by production crews who have turned the street into a 'no-go zone'.

Among those affected are Soulsa cafe bar and AXM nightclub who have been left at their wits end after losing nearly a full week of trade.

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Liam Orr, from Soulsa, said: "Our trade has been decimated because of the filming and any concerns have been ignored by the location people.

"There are barriers up meaning customers can't get to us. I've been going out and moving the barrier but several times a day it just gets moved back.

"Taxis can't stop to let people off and our bins haven't been collected because the street is completely blocked off.

"Security teams are in the dark about what the policy is once filming is wrapped for the day so they haven't been helpful at all."

Despite the loss of earnings, businesses haven't received any compensation from the production - which is due to end on Friday.

A spokesperson for Glasgow City Council said any compensation or consultation regarding the filming would be dealt with by production.

Liam added: "We haven't received any kind of compensation or even communication from the production, despite us repeatedly trying to contact them to raise our concerns. They just keep saying they'll speak to us and then we hear nothing back.

"The extent that filming was going to affect us was played down to the extreme - they never said it was going to be a building site.

"There hasn't been anything done to help the businesses except one small 'businesses open as usual' sign put up.

"I know we're not the only business affected by it but the production don't care - they'll just wrap up and move somewhere else and we'll be left to deal with it."

Glasgow Live approached American Night Productions for comment.

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