Practical thinking, but no less sad and disruptive for those that it effects. Unlike the proprietors who will be quids in if they can whether the storm, employees won't return on double pay to pick up any slack.
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Practical thinking, but no less sad and disruptive for those that it effects. Unlike the proprietors who will be quids in if they can whether the storm, employees won't return on double pay to pick up any slack.
Yes, but that's not the point. It's a case of surviving until then.
How do you "plan" for this if you're a little man business who survives month to month?
With respect, Levy only announced we were definitely leaving in the past few weeks. How could the businesses plan?
Yep the pub right next to the ground (No. 8) is obviously a very football pub (in a non-local way).... they've been cashing in for the past year or two on £5 a pint. Perhaps that was necessary to tide them over a year.
I hope there is some local authority support or some understanding bank managers.
Gilpin Bell may be gone. I know that does get some local business but it's a big old pub and under threat from developers.
I think Bricklayers has enough of a local trade to survive.
Bill Nic I predict will survive - even if it got boarded up for a year.
Also I would hope any casual bar worker or mobile stall would be able to up sticks to Wembley for a year just like the rest of us...
Knowing how busy many pubs are on match day, the thought of double potential custom represents a massive opportunity for those who do tough it out!
Again, how do you plan for it if you live on month to month profits? You seem to be saying that they make so much on match day that they can squirrel away thousands. I'm not so sure that's realistic.
£5 for some craft hipster stuff is common, yes but £5 for a Fosters is abhorrent,.... definitely off the chart in Tottenham!
'Casual Bar Worker'? Well just someone who does matchday shifts in a pub.... Most local pubs employ many matchday only staff. That demand still exists - it will just be in Wembley. Green Man or Torch are going to need many more people on those matchdays obviously.
I agree,but for some the pub is as much of the match day experience as the game. So I still think the pubs that survive will see an upturn in fortunes.I think the match day only pubs* are the ones that will suffer/sell up. A business man with patience could make a few quid should they choose to invest in any of them.
*I know the Billy Nick is match day only,is the Two brewers as well?
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Pubs will have to change a bit, should Tottenham go the way of other areas.
They can still be pubs, but clean themselves up.
The Beehive is a good example of a pub that would fit in with new money in the area, but is still a pub.
Don't ever sell it. Hand it down to the grandkids.Hahaha
I am trying to think up other excuses to wear it, definatly not selling.
What's your solution? A high road full of soulless chains?
Well the pubs and shops have known about the rebuild for some time, they also know they could have many many more customers when we come back.
Therefore I would like to think they have been planning this for years, take the hit now then reap the rewards when we return.
Even without the foot traffic you would hope there is at least enough to keep the shops/pubs open with a smaller staff, admittley laying people off is awful.
Whether we go now or next year it's been known for a long time so you hope some plans or thoughts had occurred.
In terms of rent and other costs we can only hope landlords and such recognise this will be a tough year but the following could be great and show some flexibility.
Mate, they charge a fiver for a warm can or bottle in some pubs around the Lane. There will always be a mark up. But most pubs outside Wetherspoons charge close to a fiver now for a pint. I just don't think the mark up is that significant, and certainly not one that can earn them enough cash to save for a year without good business.
Well, this presumes that most workers are casual, and it presumes that they can dump one employer for another at the choice and go back when it suits them. Is that realistic?
Well the alternative is maybe to borrow, again we can only hope that most of the businesses are ready and in good stead. Has the club said anything about this issue?
His café will be able to put on a hell of guy buster son those days. Have you ever seen a Denny's breakfast? Obscene!
Not a squeak as far as I am aware, albeit I've yet to read the latest Trust minutes.