Nearly 200 restaurateurs, cafetiers, nightclub managers, owners of sports halls and other professionals still at a standstill demonstrated, this Friday, November 27, in the streets of Montluçon, at the call of the Umih Allier (Union des hotel trades and industries), the CPME (Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) and the Nérios culinary association.
The opportunity to share their anger and their dismay. Testimonials.
“Let us work! »: The rant of hoteliers and restaurateurs in Puy-de-Dôme
Restorers in difficulty
Jean-Pierre Bujard, owner of the restaurant Les Bourbons in Montluçon: “The fact that there are so many of us together shows that there is real unease. This closure is very bad for us because it is accompanied by a feeling of guilt. We are the scapegoats of the Government which considers that we are the only ones at fault for the spread of the virus, and that, therefore, we are the only ones to have remained closed. “
We also wonder. Because many establishments are threatened because they do not have sufficient cash.
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“Especially since all the aid is not sufficient: it serves to save the company, not to pay its manager. So it’s especially hard not to have a single penny of income for almost six months. “
Hanifa Ali, employee of a restaurant in Montluçon, currently on partial unemployment: “Normally I work in the kitchen. It’s complicated right now not to have a business, but for business owners it is even more so. I expected a closure that lasts until mid-December, but there! January 20! It is really not normal that we cannot reopen. We have done everything to respect the sanitary instructions. And today, despite everything, we are deprived of our work. “
Coffee makers worried about the future
Jérôme Briffault, at the bar Le Moderne: “We are reliving what we experienced in the spring. It’s horrible ! We will have worked six months this year, so obviously we are worried about the future. “
“As with the first containment, we were told overnight that we were going to have to close. It is extremely brutal. “
Jerome Briffault (The Modern)
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“Fortunately, we are lucky to have a decent activity throughout the year, but we have not yet received the aid announced so we have to juggle the cash. It shouldn’t last any longer. And then there is the psychological aspect. It is difficult, in our profession, where we are used to seeing a lot of people, to no longer have permanent contact with customers. “
Confinement: anger and concern of the owners of bars or restaurants in Montluçon (Allier)
Managers of “struggling” sports halls
Carole Guillemin, patron of the Central: “We only really worked in July, August and September this year. We can’t take that with that. Aid does not come, it is very complicated. “
We have no certainty of reopening on January 20.
It is not possible to be open only five months a year. What we want is to work.
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Pierre-François Rigoulet, coach and manager of the Crossfit Montluçon gym: “We know that we will not see our members again this year, it’s hard. We came to support everyone, all those who are struggling until January 20 minimum. “
“No prospect” for club owners
Stéphanie Dunouhaud, director of the Pharaoh: “It has no prospect of reopening for us, the club managers. We are looking and we are fighting to have the help that will make the business survive. For the bosses, however, there is no help. We are on the verge of no longer being able to survive. I am not a beggar but here we are going through it. “
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