Welsh nightclubs ask first minister for reopening date
Nick Newman, a licensee at Croeso Pubs which owns the Philharmonic and Brewhouse venues in Cardiff, said the situation was bad for nightclub businesses.
"The licensees forum compromises roughly 100 businesses - or at least it did before the pandemic started. We've probably lost eight or nine businesses through this. Some of them are smallish businesses - some have been quite iconic." The traffic light control plan has nightclubs and late-night entertainment venues closed at all coronavirus alert levels, except for pilot events at the low risk alert level one.Wales is currently in the high risk alert level three, with plans to move into alert level two if rates remain low on Monday.
"We would stress the importance for our sector of knowing when they will be able to operate without or with minimal restrictions and take deliberate decisions about staffing, debt and investment now, as night time economy businesses in England are currently doing." The letter also calls for consistency for groups that can meet indoors and outdoors - six are currently able to meet outside, and for guidance to be changed so it does not "discriminate" against venues with amplified sound and music.Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UK Hospitality, said only businesses in England could have "some optimism" of reopening soon.
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