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The last close time: General Manager Jackie Cunliffe stack of chairs in The Beresford Hotel dining room

Three months after the lockdown, Shut down large parts of the British economy, job hazard losses Are biting at the beginning - Nowhere More Than in the Cornish town of Newquay, where More Than half of the economically active population work in heavily affected industries such as tourism and hospitality.

in the dining room, right in the middle of a sea of upturned chair-legs, piled up on the once bustling and busy tables, Jackie Cunliffe reflects on the 30 years she spent working in Newquay Beresford Hotel is.

"It belonged to Shearings holidays, but actually it is not. It belonged to us.

"We did it, we had, we can provided it for you. "

The 63-year-old General Manager is widely recognized and held in great affection by the 50 employees who Lost their Jobs when The Hotel closed in may, according to the Shearings' parent company went into administration.

"We have 200 people here, should eat Breakfast., on tours around Cornwall

"We have asked diaries full of people, tables-for-two, a certain room. Everything simply must go away. "

Some of the staff had gathered in The Hotel ballroom for joining a telephone conference on 22 may, when The Chief executive of Shearings' parent company, a specialist Leisure Group (SLG), said nearly 2,500 employees in the UK, that the efforts of The Group were failed.

Only three years after the report record sales and profits, which The Group owned by the American private equity company called " administrators, The End of a company, whose origin can be traced back 117 years.

Losing a home to Remember happier times - Caroline Tansley was a key member of The Beresford team

Among those who, in tears, in The News Caroline was Tansley who was at The Beresford for The Past 20 years - primarily as a receptionist, even though she often pitched in the entertainment: singing, dancing, bingo, comedy, and "mother Christmas', distribute gifts to the guests.

As well as to lose your job, Caroline loses her accommodation, and is obliged to move from 3. July.

would"Normally This Time of year, with the beautiful weather that we have had, it is full to bursting.

"The Hotel look empty, is just sad," she says.

her partner, Darren Philips, which is in the same boat.

A part-time Assistant Manager at The Hotel , he says, The Company were brilliant, when he Lost The Sight in his left eye 10 Years ago, and even a role designed especially for Him .

The Hotel part-time Assistant Manager Darren Philips, fears he will not work at all, again

The Sight in his right eye, and he fears that he can't work again.

"I can't do with computers. Everything, you need me to see, really, I with the fights.

"I've been working here for so long, I know The Building like the back of my hand. I would struggle if I went to a different building, with the steps. I would fall at The End . "

Demoralizing

The 107 rooms in The Beresford Hotel is one of two hotels in Newquay, which were forced to close, due to SLG decline.

A few meters along the same road, which Are 52 rooms in the Marina Hotel is empty, The Front doors directing questions to the administrators in Wigan.

Two other hotels owned by The Group in Cornwall have closed and around 150 Jobs Lost is estimated.

Beresford (above left) is one of two hotels in the vicinity in Newquay this year

While Covid-19 was less had a health crisis in The South -West of England, as many feared, the pandemic is predicted to hammer The Local economy.

Cornwall Council will have a report on Wednesday that indicates how many as 72,800 Jobs - 27% of all Jobs in The County - is in danger due to the ongoing lockout.

It is calculated that the all-important Tourism Sector will lose £630m by The End of June.

the data published last month showed a 61% increase in applications for Universal credit in Cornwall; the increase in applications between March and April in Bodmin, Bude, Penzance and Newquay was over 1000%.

And forecast Newquay suffering the largest economic hit of any town in England and Wales.

No wonder that the hopes of finding a new job quickly is not high among The Beresford former employees.

Some will say, you have to compete with up to 500 people for Jobs in local supermarkets - an intimidating prospect for many employees, the not before a job interview in Decades .

chef Phillip Milne says, he loses his pride,

chef Phillip Milne, who spent 18 years in The Hotel and took great pride in teaching culinary skills to the many international employees go through, says The Past few weeks have been demoralizing.

"have No Security and no Jobs in the area, is very difficult to swallow.

"you feel as if your pride is Taken Away a little bit.

"You're not back by 6 o'clock in The Morning , because your pattern is still the same, and you Are going on The Internet , every single website in search of work. "

summer openings

Phillip led the kitchen team, which could serve to 190 comprises, in about 90 Minutes on a busy day.

The Hotel is mainly Catering for the older visitors, again and again, year for year, for the comfort and the familiarity that The Beresford offered.

At The Height of summer, Shearings 1,000 people in Cornwall could bring each and every week.

the Former Head of the housekeeper, Katie Korvisia was offered, cleaning Holiday Homes

work There is hope, if the blocking will start next month and the tourists eased to return, that Some Jobs will open.

Katie Kovisia, The Hotel is the former Head of the housekeeper, has a cleaning job at an amusement Park for the summer, or brushing could Holiday Homes on an independent basis.

Neither prospect is particularly attractive for the 15-year-veteran of The Beresford , but you do not realize, you can many options: "Here I was part of A Family . It has been My Life . It is very sad. "

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Source of news: bbc.com