Bars and restaurants are increasingly using candles instead of electric lighting, and swimming pools are encouraging customers to shower at home.
The Independent reports that many companies expect electricity costs to rise by more than 500%, and some have already been forced to close.
The Masons Arms pub in Cornwall, for example, switched to candlelight on Mondays to cut energy bills.
According to the owners of the establishment, all companies are looking for survival strategies, closing several days a week to save money: “We are going back to 1753, when The Masons Arms opened,” he says.
Middleton Crown Inn owner Calum Nolan said he would switch to candles and not succumb to “crazy” electricity price increases, adding that he did not rule out not paying his bill next month due to a 200 percent increase. in expenses.
The rise in energy prices also affected sports and fitness clubs.
And the management of Jesmond Pool and Gym in Newcastle published a special message to their customers, stating that using the bathrooms, visitors consume a lot of water, as well as energy for heating, and asked their customers: “Can you take a shower at home instead of a pool? .
Source: RIA Novosti