Bars hit by double whammy shut doors | News - The Times

Empty pubs, restaurants closing early and commuter trains deserted — for a country not in lockdown, the UK is looking curiously quiet.

Pub landlords said that they had been hit by a “two-punch combination” of staff sickness and a serious lack of consumer confidence, forcing them to pull down the shutters. The hospitality industry said that a return to working from home had emptied cities, while office Christmas parties have been cancelled en masse.

TomTom, the traffic data company, said that congestion levels in London fell to 49 per cent at rush hour yesterday, the lowest level since the summer. Today is expected to be even quieter because many workers now shun the office on a Friday. Congestion levels were 51 per cent in

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