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‘It’s going to be the Roaring ’20s’: City venues brace for return of revelling bankers

The pandemic has been tough for the City’s hospitality sector, and bankers are eager to soon toast their successes in the flesh

Thursday 13 May 2021 at 23:01

Indoor dining will be resumed  in the City next week as the UK enters the next stage of lockdown relaxation
Indoor dining will be resumed in the City next week as the UK enters the next stage of lockdown relaxation Photo: Getty Images

Soren Jessen, the boss of City restaurant 1 Lombard, speaks with the confidence befitting of his former profession — a banker. 

“We are definitely not nervous,” he tells Financial News. “We are really, really excited. We are completely on top of it.”