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    Lights out: the crisis facing Britain’s hostels

    Aug 14, 2020 3 minutes

    HOSTELS have been among the businesses hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis – and with government support for the tourism sector coming to an end in the autumn, many are now facing permanent closure.

    A survey conducted by the Scottish Independent Hostels (SIH) network found that more than half of its members were likely to close with a year of current government assistance coming to end, and many were unlikely to last that long.

    In the survey, 21% of SIH members said they would close

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