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    Jedes fünfte britische Gastgewerbeunternehmen befürchtet einen Zusammenbruch, da die Kosten steigen


    Jedes fünfte britische Gastgewerbeunternehmen befürchtet einen Zusammenbruch, da die Kosten steigen

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/29/one-in-five-uk-hospitality-businesses-fear-collapse-costs-surge

    Von topotaul

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    1. Hollywood-is-DOA on

      It’s like the government wants us all staying in our homes, Covid lockdown but this time calling it energy lockdowns instead, with no businesses of worth, like restaurants and pubs, surging it, this time.

      I hope that I am wrong but anyone starts a load of nonsense.

    2. proletarianrage on

      They say: “Hospitality **can be** a driving force of growth and jobs, but only if its costs of doing business are dramatically reduced.“

      But it seems like the main cost burden is the living wage. This raises a conundrum: is a sector truly viable if it has to survive by paying a wage below what people can afford to live on? Maybe hospitality just isn’t an industry that’s viable for the traditional private sector?

    3. wkavinsky on

      „Pay is too high“, but also „our prices are so high our staff can’t buy our services“.

      What, exactly, did they think would happen? That all 3% of the country that can afford what they sell would make up the difference?

      As an aside, used to work in a pub for a landlord who owned the build and was non-tied.

      Booze was cheap (£2/pint vs £3.50 elsewhere), and the place was rammed on a weekend and most nights were busy – he made his money from volume, not per-customer spend, and was *extremely* successful doing so.

    4. london-plane on

      Living wage is similar to the affordable housing regulations completing choking new builds. Government intervention sounds good but put in practice there’s always unintended consequences.

    5. CupCakesNFlatWhite on

      I guess staycations are back on the menu, flights have surged in price so I suggest we all meet up in Cornwall again and hear them complain how horrible tourists are but also how hard it is to find young people to do the jobs in the tourist industry.

    6. BLightyear67 on

      Its inevitable that more hospitality businesses will close. Prices have gone through the roof meaning most folk simply can’t afford to eat out as much. Now eating out is more of a treat.

    7. mixxituk on

      Good it needs correcting some of the shit holes you pay hundreds of pounds for is embarrassing as a Brit seeing tourists come and go with a foul taste

    8. WiggyDiggyPooPoo on

      „according to an industry-wide survey“

      Is there a link to the survey in the article?

    9. Nielips on

      The problem starts and ends with rent. Wages are zero sum as the cost of paying empolyees is balanced by the increase in customers spending power.

    11. Ok-Store-9297 on

      Turns out neoliberalism doesn’t cope well with crises. Who knew? As more shit starts to hit the fan I hope it becomes very clear to people why leaving the country to rot while The City became filthy rich was a catastrophic course of action. You are on the Titanic.

    12. AccomplishedAct5364 on

      If only rents weren’t propping up the rich and overpopulation wasn’t the sole focus of neoliberals who genuinely don’t care if the uk ceases to be what it is/was 🤷‍♂️

    13. Nights_Harvest on

      No expendable income after paying all the bills = no money to spend on things that do not require survival.

      This is not rocket science.

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