Friday High Five – hospitality is the toughest of sectors, as Grand Pacific admin shows
When I first moved to Manchester in 2000, the place to be seen in the city centre was Reform restaurant.
Footballers from Manchester United's treble-winning squad rubbed shoulders with the emerging property and entrepreneurial class of the time.
It is a spectacular setting and is often used in films and TV shows as a location for the city's new splendour.
But tastes change, venues come and go. And as if hospitality couldn't be any harder than it already is, rising food and staff costs have dented revenues across the sector.
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