Manchester’s hospitality industry has bounced back to exceed pre-pandemic levels according to new figures. Data from customer experience consultancy have shown that Sales in the city’s pubs, restaurants and bars from the period of November 20, 2022, to January 1, 2023 surpassed those recorded during the same period in 2019 for the first time.
Manchester was ranked third in the UK of the top performing cities in the hospitality industry, behind Glasgow at the top and Birmingham in second place, though the figures do mean that Manchester dropped from first place last year.
By contrast, London was at the bottom of the UK’s top 10 cities for the same period last year, and was in 10th place last year too. Nearly 85,000 people are employed in hospitality in Greater Manchester,
