Retail
Hugo’s restaurant owner: customers’ expense accounts are being capped, all is not well
Since the Dublin riots, footfall has increased in the capital but there is a chill in the air for many retailers and restaurants
Last Thursday, during a conversation with a customer, Gina Murphy had a flashback to 2008.
The patron of Hugo’s, on Merrion Row in Dublin 2, told Murphy that their company has restricted staff’s expense accounts.
“The last time I heard about expense accounts being limited was just after the financial crash,” Murphy said.
Many businesses in Dublin are predicting a downturn in trade, which, while not comparable to the crash years, will be damaging.
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