I want to see the numbers behind this – how much is hospitality in central London losing out?
And what is that up against: are people happier / less stressed working from home on a Friday where they can also do some life admin in the time they save on their commute (which will be harder to put a number on but pretty important), and do they spend the money they save on the commute in local hospitality? I know Pret keeps being mentioned as a company losing out, but they opened a bunch of branches further out in London exactly because more people have been working from home. So aren’t those branches doing better on Fridays?
It’s still a Friday, so people who would go out will go out (if they can afford it in a cost of living crisis, that will be a big factor here too rather than just blaming it on wfh). Just not near their offices. So to me, painting people not going into the office 1 day a week as a unilaterally bad thing seems too simple.
Pubs and shops need to stop being greedy. (E.g. £7-8 pints and Pret prices going up 40%, way above inflation)
These kind of comments are never helpful or useful – people will do things generally if those things are affordable and convenient for them.
If we want to help shops or pubs we need to make them cheaper and accessible- simple as that.
This of course requires cheaper commercial rents, capping commercial energy prices, and higher wages and lower cost of living for all of us.
The tube needs to be cheaper as well, I think its the most expensive transport in Europe at least.
Of course all of this isn’t really in Sadiq Khan’s ability and requires a competent government and central government funding and a wider economic strategy.
Maybe building a load of flats for foreign money launderers had an effect?
Get the night szar on the job she’s personally taken credit for rejuvenating London and EU nightlife rolling shops and pubs into her remit should be easy.
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Pubs aren’t helping themselves with £8 a pint
I want to see the numbers behind this – how much is hospitality in central London losing out?
And what is that up against: are people happier / less stressed working from home on a Friday where they can also do some life admin in the time they save on their commute (which will be harder to put a number on but pretty important), and do they spend the money they save on the commute in local hospitality? I know Pret keeps being mentioned as a company losing out, but they opened a bunch of branches further out in London exactly because more people have been working from home. So aren’t those branches doing better on Fridays?
It’s still a Friday, so people who would go out will go out (if they can afford it in a cost of living crisis, that will be a big factor here too rather than just blaming it on wfh). Just not near their offices. So to me, painting people not going into the office 1 day a week as a unilaterally bad thing seems too simple.
Pubs and shops need to stop being greedy. (E.g. £7-8 pints and Pret prices going up 40%, way above inflation)
These kind of comments are never helpful or useful – people will do things generally if those things are affordable and convenient for them.
If we want to help shops or pubs we need to make them cheaper and accessible- simple as that.
This of course requires cheaper commercial rents, capping commercial energy prices, and higher wages and lower cost of living for all of us.
The tube needs to be cheaper as well, I think its the most expensive transport in Europe at least.
Of course all of this isn’t really in Sadiq Khan’s ability and requires a competent government and central government funding and a wider economic strategy.
Maybe building a load of flats for foreign money launderers had an effect?
Get the night szar on the job she’s personally taken credit for rejuvenating London and EU nightlife rolling shops and pubs into her remit should be easy.