UK small businesses struggle to stay afloat lockdown

Hanging on: Yin posing inside Nasi Economy Rice. Small businesses are most at risk from the second lockdown. — Reuters

LONDON: Business has been tough for Mandy Yin, chef and owner of a Malaysian restaurant and takeaway in London, since she tentatively reopened in June after being forced to shut down for two months during Britain’s first national coronavirus lockdown.

Yin has just about managed to keep her eateries afloat, simplifying menus to make them easier to execute with a smaller staff, branching out into selling deli items, negotiating a 50% rent reduction, but it has been a titanic struggle.