, but lasan is not doing takeaways, so will not reopen when the lockdown in england ends.e losses of the first lockdown, being a busy december period where we would be full every day. we would have 200 covers, and sadly, without that, have great concerns over the state of the business. birmingham, along with most of the west midlands region, faces tier 3 restrictions. densely populated and with some high levels of deprivation, the rate of covid transmission had been climbing, and so transmission had been climbing, and so have the number of hospital admissions. but the impact the measures will have on people's livelihoods is causing grave concern. before the pandemic, 135,000 people worked within the hospitality sector in the west midlands. it contributed some £12.6 billion to the local economy. but jobs have been going, and businesses are under threat. the conservative mayor of the west midlands, and the labour leader of birmingham city council have both been calling for more financial support for the sector from the government. taxis are lined up, but with nowhere to go.