Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA COVID-19 slump in trade for curry restaurants could lead to “huge” unemployment in Britain’s Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani communities, industry experts have warned. It comes as a new survey found a quarter of curry restaurant owners fear sales will not return to pre-pandemic levels. Around 86% of curry restaurants said they had lost up to three-quarters of their revenue when the virus struck last year. British Curry Awards founder Enam Ali, called for the government to appoint a dedicated hospitality minister to focus on a strategy to rescue the struggling industry. “There is already a minister with responsibility for hospitality and Minister Scully has held this position since March 2020.

Source: Daily Mirror May 17, 2021 19:49 UTC