The city’s pub, café and restaurant owners have done everything they can to keep their establishments going, assisted by Government measures such as business grants and the furlough scheme.
The pandemic has forced some businesses to close, and has accelerated the restructuring and down-sizing of others.
These are the businesses that won't reopen in Sheffield when lockdown rules ease on Monday, May 17.
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These are the businesses that won't reopen in Sheffield when lockdown rules ease on Monday, May 17.
5. Pizza Express - Devonshire Street in the city centre
The Devonshire Street branch of Pizza Express was one of the casualties when the chain shut 73 of its restaurants across the UK with the potential loss of 1,100 jobs in a bid to stay afloat in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. Photo: Google
6. Costa Coffee - Chapeltown
The Costa Coffee store on Burncross Road, Chapeltown permanently closed in June 2020, with staff redeployed to other branches nearby. Photo: Google
7. Pizza Hut - Penistone Rd
The Penistone Road branch of Pizza Hut closed last year as part of a major restructuring with the expected loss of about 450 jobs. Photo: Google
8. Bistrot Pierre
The restaurant chain’s Ecclesall Road branch will not be reopening as the business agreed to permanently shut six of its UK restaurants Photo: JP