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Offline Maik

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Curry to go
« on: Thursday, 23 February, 2017 @ 17:47:55 »
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Britain's curry houses disappearing - 50 per cent to close within 10 years

One in two curry houses in Britain are set to close within 10 years, it was claimed on Wednesday.

The gloomy forecast that approximately 17,000 Indian restaurants will disappear from high streets inside a decade came from Yawar Khan, chairman of the Asian Catering Federation (ACF).

He said problems facing Indian restaurant owners in the UK, such as chef shortages and rising costs, have been widely publicised.

The ACF represents more than 35,000 ethnic restaurants and takeaways in Britain - including those in the Indian, Chinese, Thai and Malaysian community, but the largest single group are Bangladeshi.

Approximately nine in 10 curry restaurants in the UK are Bangladeshi owned.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/22/britains-curry-houses-feeling-heat-owners-arent-innovative-enough/

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Re: Curry to go
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, 23 February, 2017 @ 19:33:35 »
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Britain's curry houses disappearing - 50 per cent to close within 10 years

One in two curry houses in Britain are set to close within 10 years, it was claimed on Wednesday.

The gloomy forecast that approximately 17,000 Indian restaurants will disappear from high streets inside a decade came from Yawar Khan, chairman of the Asian Catering Federation (ACF).

He said problems facing Indian restaurant owners in the UK, such as chef shortages and rising costs, have been widely publicised.

The ACF represents more than 35,000 ethnic restaurants and takeaways in Britain - including those in the Indian, Chinese, Thai and Malaysian community, but the largest single group are Bangladeshi.

Approximately nine in 10 curry restaurants in the UK are Bangladeshi owned.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/22/britains-curry-houses-feeling-heat-owners-arent-innovative-enough/

Trying to do my bit - just ordered a take away.

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Re: Curry to go
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, 23 February, 2017 @ 21:56:39 »
Excuse my cynicism, but could a contributory factor be the Taxman having a much more stringent examination of high revenues and not much declared profit?

That said, I love a good authentic Curry.