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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jonathan Prynn

Hospitality firms despair at slump in bookings on first day of strikes

Diners have cancelled bookings at normally busy restaurants due to the train and Tube strike

(Picture: Jeremy Selwyn)

Furious London hospitality bosses told of their despair at the latest setback in their struggle to recover from the pandemic as today’s national rail and Tube strikes sent bookings crashing by up to 50% or more.

Des Gunewardena, chief executive of dining group D&D London, said the five days of stoppages and disruption will cost his business around £1 million in total.

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