Restaurant at St Pauls reopens following anti-capitalist demonstration

08 November 2011 by
Restaurant at St Pauls reopens following anti-capitalist demonstration

The Restaurant at St Paul's has reopened today following a two-week closure brought about by anti-capitalist protesters and their makeshift "tent city" at the foot of the steps to St Paul's Cathedral.

Nathan Jones, director of contract caterer Harbour & Jones, which operates the restaurant, expressed relief at the reopening.

"Local businesses and the people employed within them are the ones who have suffered at the hands of these protesters, so it's important to us that we get back to a ‘business as usual' service in our restaurant and café as quickly as possible," he said.

Around 90% of the 30-strong team employed at St Paul's were moved to other Harbour & Jones sites to ensure they could continue to work. Perishable goods were also reassigned to neighbouring H&J operations, which helped to cut down the cost of unplanned food waste.

But cancelled event bookings and lost retail revenue cost the restaurant and café £10,000 in October alone.

Harbour & Jones increases its share of city market with LSE win >>

The Caterer Interview - Patrick Harbour and Nathan Jones >>

St Paul's firms feeling the strain as protestors stay put >>

By Janie Stamford

E-mail your comments to Janie Stamford here.

Tabletalk
Tabletalk
If you have something to say on this story or anything else join the debate at Table Talk - Caterer's new networking forum. Go to www.catererandhotelkeeper.com/tabletalk

Catererandhotelkeeper.com jobs

Looking for a new job? Find your next job here with Catererandhotelkeeper.com jobs

Blogs on Catererandhotelkeeper.com ](http://www.catererandhotelkeeper.com/blogs) Catch up with more news and gossip on all Caterer's blogs
[E-newsletters](http://www.catererandhotelkeeper.com/email-newsletters.htm)[ For the latest hospitality news, sign up for our E-newsletters
The Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email

Start the working day with The Caterer’s free breakfast briefing email

Sign Up and manage your preferences below

Check mark icon
Thank you

You have successfully signed up for the Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email and will hear from us soon!

Jacobs Media is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

close

Ad Blocker detected

We have noticed you are using an adblocker and – although we support freedom of choice – we would like to ask you to enable ads on our site. They are an important revenue source which supports free access of our website's content, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.

trade tracker pixel tracking