Family-owned pubs and restaurants are bearing the brunt of a wave of business closures in the hospitality sector, which ran at one every two days in London, which was hit hardest by the Covid-era closures.
Publicans and restaurateurs in the capital will be hoping that the return of workers to offices after restrictions move further into the past and tourists and commuters alike work up a thirst from the West End to Canary Wharf. London lost 540 licensed premises in the three years to the end of March, or over 15% of its licensed hospitality venues.
