Local Pubs Go Bust

Like many Manchester restaurant owners, award-winning family-ran Lancashire gastropub group, The Seafood Pub Company have failed to receive any Government funding during lockdown and, as a result, have ceased trading.

With no income since being forced to close in March, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company were unable to access Government support in the form of a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan nor secure any other funding, leaving them with no choice other than to go into Administration.

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Unless a buyer can be found, the move could mean the permanent closure of local pubs on Manchester's doorstep, including: 

• Forest, Fence, Burnley
• Barley Mow, Barley Village, Burnley
• The Oyster & Otter, Blackburn
• Assheton Arms, Downham, Clitheroe
• The Alma Inn, Laneshawbridge, Pendle
• Derby Arms, Longridge, Preston
• Farmers Arms, Great Eccleston
• The Fleece, Addingham, Ilkley
• Fenwick Arms, Claughton, Lancaster
• The Inn, South Stainley, Harrogate

With many other operators - let alone the self-employed suppliers who support them - also falling through the gaps of the Government's headline scheme, we can expect to see many more of our favourite places fail to reappear once Lockdown is eased.

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