It's very hard to make money in hospitality... People think you are making out like a bandit if you have got a busy restaurant five or six days a week, but just turning the lights on costs a fortune, your business rates cost a fortune, your VAT costs a fortune, everything costs a lot of money.
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But I think that the best thing to do is deliver something simple and deliver it well and you'll be able to keep your costs down.
It's got harder for a lot of people but I also think the national living wage has to go up.
There's a reason there are so many pizza restaurants around... You have to simplify your menu to reduce the financial difficulty.
