Uncertainty ahead for the hospitality sector after improved trade in first Christmas period since the end of Covid restrictions, say industry bodies
Hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland face uncertainty in the coming months despite improved trade over Christmas, industry leaders have said.
Colin Neill, the chief executive of Hospitality Ulster, which represents pubs and restaurants, said most account for a dip in trade in the first quarter of the new year."The profit we make in the Christmas period is what we use to keep the lights on in January, February and indeed up to March," he told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.
Many businesses will not know whether they have made enough money until the end of January, said Mr Neill."We haven't seen the same support around rates that our counterparts in England and now Scotland have got," he said.
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