19 Coventry eateries declared insolvent in restaurant crisis across the city

Businesses in this portion of the hospitality sector are going insolvent at a pace not seen for more than a decade



Nineteen eateries in Coventry have been declared insolvent in a restaurant crisis facing the city, new data for the last two years has shown. A total of 3,347 restaurants and cafes across the UK have been unable to pay their debts in the two years to March 2023, according to data from the Insolvency Service published by Sky News.

It means businesses in this portion of the hospitality sector are going insolvent at a pace not seen for more than a decade. During the first three months of 2023, an average of six restaurants were affected every day, the figures showed.

In Coventry, firms such as Bombay Palace and Flames Cafe Bar were declared insolvent. Businesses do this when they are unable to afford the repayments for their debts. Of the restaurants declared insolvent in the full UK list, 98% ended with the business being shut down.

Data collected by industry lobby group UK Hospitality shows the number of restaurants in Britain has declined by 3,415 since March 2020 - a fall of 18%. Venues across the hospitality sector have been closing at a rapid pace.

The number of guest houses, including traditional bed and breakfasts, has fallen by 38% since before the pandemic. The number of nightclubs is down by almost a third.

Nineteen food and drink businesses in Coventry registered as insolvent in the two years to March 2023. Here's the full list, courtesy of a map compiled by Sky News and data supplied by the Insolvency Service, Companies House and The Gazette: (All bar Birtelli's went into voluntary liquidation)

Alaturka Doner - Lower Precinct Shopping Centre, West Orchards Way

Flames Cafe Bar - Bull Yard

Fratelli - Hertford Street

Gloria and Lil's Parkside Cafe - Parkside

Timraz and Co - Far Gosford Street

The River Cross - Herald Way, Canley

Bombay Palace - Earlsdon Street, Earlsdon

Birtelli's - Moor Street, Earlsdon (placed into administration, but later closed)

Balti Hut - Melbourne Road, Spon End

Dunya - Victoria Street, Hillfields

M Hekmat Ltd - King William Street, Hillfields

Rupali - Tile Hill Lane, Tile Hill

Pizza Hot - Humber Road, Stoke

Rossi's Big BreakfastCafe - Binley Road, Stoke

New Inn Ltd - Binley

Weavers Restaurants Limited (The Weavers Arms) - Bell Green Road, Bell Green

Manjaros - Holbrook Lane, Foleshill

Asiana (Cov) Ltd - Holbrook Lane, Holbrooks

Selextar Restaurants Ltd - Whitmore Park (trading office)

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