Lockdown for a second time: 'It can't get any worse'

After just two months of 'heaven', being open after the national lockdown, he had to shut his doors as all hospitality venues in the Bolton area were closed this week. He has re-furloughed his staff, keeping just himself and the head chef Robert Nelson in their small kitchen. He's hoping the new takeaway menu and this two-man band can keep the pub ticking over. 'It can't get any worse can it?' he laughs ruefully. He believes this pub will probably survive, but its sister pub round the corner will not.