One in five nightclubs have closed over the past three years.
Figures shared by the Night Time Industries Association, a trade body representing businesses in the night-time economy, revealed there are only 1,130 nightclubs left in England, Wales and Scotland. This is a 20% drop since the first lockdown in March 2020.
There were 1,446 nightclubs in Britain in December 2019 and 1,924 in December 2014, according to figures collected by the data and research consultancy firm CGA.