Finance deal will save 50 hotel jobs

A new five-figure funding package agreed between a family-run hotelier and Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking will secure 50 jobs which were put at risk by the coronavirus lockdown.

Walker & Williams, which owns and operates four boutique 5-star aparthotels in Preston, Ormskirk and Chester, will use the funding to support cashflow and help secure jobs for all of its 50 team members,.

The company, which has remained opened to cater to a small number of guests including service personnel, visiting Ministry of Defence staff and a family that recently lost its home to fire, has also taken the quieter period as an opportunity to give back to its local community.