Congratulamo -nos com a intervenção dos líderes da cidade que pediram ao governo que atue. Também precisamos conscientizar as pessoas de que nossa economia de visitantes em recuperação anteriormente está em perigo real. Existem várias empresas que em breve fecharão e outras buscam desesperadamente maneiras de continuar negociando. Hotéis. Mas o futuro não parece promissor e os programas discricionários de subsídios serão insuficientes para permitir que as empresas de economia e hospitalidade dos visitantes da cidade negociem por meio do período iminente de restrições locais. Hotéis, bem como o grande número de empresas que compõem a cadeia de suprimentos. Decimará o setor e se espalhará para o eco-sistema de negócios mais amplo. Será de partir o coração se isso não fosse por nada. Um pacote de suporte de emergência é essencial para permitir que nossa economia de visitantes se sustente com esse próximo choque econômico e emergir em uma posição de força relativa no período pós-Covid. Downtown in Business
In fact, without an appropriate level of intervention, there will not be a hospitality sector as we know it. There are several businesses that will soon close and others desperately seeking ways of continuing to trade.
The vast majority of businesses have shown incredible resilience and worked tirelessly to make themselves COVID secure for those visiting and working in them, making sense of what many regarded as confusing, unenforceable restrictions.
But a critical blow is about to be dealt to bars, restaurants and hotels.
The expected announcement of a ban on household mixing in any public space – and potential additional measures of societal restrictions – would leave our city in a virtually full lockdown situation leaving many unable to continue trading in the foreseeable future.
In March, the Job Retention Scheme was a lifeline for many businesses. But the future does not look promising and the discretionary grant programmes will be insufficient to enable the city’s visitor economy and hospitality businesses to trade through the impending period of local restrictions.
Decisive and immediate action is required – listen to and support businesses and people on the ground and engage properly with local authorities to provide targeted economic support.
The restrictions will force the closure of successful restaurants, bars and hotels as well as the huge number of businesses which make up the supply chain. It will decimate the sector and will spill over into the wider business eco-system.
Liverpool’s can-do attitude has shone through in recent months – the ground-breaking Liverpool Without Walls initiative saw us all come together for the safe re-opening of venues, footfall was boosted and we saw a glimpse of that city-swagger we’re renowned for. It will be heart-breaking if this was for nothing.
We encourage the UK government take heed of the representations made by the leaders of our biggest Northern conurbations. An emergency package of support is essential to enable our visitor economy to sustain itself through this next economic shock and emerge in a position of relative strength in the post-COVID period.
Quite simply, for our visitor economy, it is now or never.
