Britain’s number of licensed premises fell by nearly a thousand between July, when the market fully reopened, and September 2021, the new Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals.

The closure of 980 sites—an average of 16 a day—shows that the hospitality industry remains under severe pressure from the effects of COVID and a range of operational challenges including labour shortages, disruption to supply and rising costs.

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