Stretton Fox loses £19,000 after closing due to rain and wind
BEER gardens and terraces may have reopened as part of Boris Johnson's 'roadmap' to ease Covid restrictions. But pubs still face many trials in their fight to survive the pandemic as the downpours at the end of last week and at the weekend showed. Stretton Fox had to make the hard decision to shut its doors for part of Thursday and Friday and all of Saturday. Every customer that had pre-booked had to be called and as well as losing money in the tills, staff lost out on shifts and food was wasted. General manager Michael Newton said: "It’s been horrendous. It was alright for the fi...