200 pubs vanished from communities in England in Wales over the first six months of 2022
(Picture: PA Archive)London’s pubs, clubs and restaurants are facing a “bigger crisis than the pandemic” due to soaring energy bills, an industry chief has warned.
Gas and electricity bills are the second biggest cost to hospitality businesses behind maintaining the workforce, having previously been the fourth largest. Many venues are seeing their energy bills “exceeding the combination of rent and business rates costs together”, according to Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association.
