Post by sootycat on Jul 6, 2008 11:29:21 GMT
From DS
Coronation Street star Bev Callard has admitted that she is in a financial crisis.
The actress, who plays Liz McDonald on the ITV1 soap, revealed that she worries for the future of her two pub businesses after being hit by the credit crunch.
Callard and her partner Jon McEwan are landlords at the White Horse pub in Eccles, Manchester, and trendy bar The Gallery in Hale, Cheshire.
"If only running a real pub was half as easy as it looks on Coronation Street," Bev told the News of the World. "The way we run The Rovers on telly is in the realms of make-believe. If it was in the real world it would have shut down years ago.
"They have more people working behind the bar than they do customers, and the other day I read in the script that someone bought a large gin and tonic and a large whisky for £2.60. Prices haven't been that low since the reign of Queen Victoria."
Creditors are now waiting for Bev and her partner to pay off debts of £30,823. The soap star has claimed that the government is to blame for failing to protect small businesses.
"I need to spend a couple of hours at least with Gordon Brown," she explained. "MPs are keeping their second home allowances but many small family businesses are losing their first homes. It makes your blood boil.
"I was so scared that people would find out that I was in financial trouble. But now I want to speak out because it's tough for real people running their own businesses and I want the government to take note of that."
Coronation Street star Bev Callard has admitted that she is in a financial crisis.
The actress, who plays Liz McDonald on the ITV1 soap, revealed that she worries for the future of her two pub businesses after being hit by the credit crunch.
Callard and her partner Jon McEwan are landlords at the White Horse pub in Eccles, Manchester, and trendy bar The Gallery in Hale, Cheshire.
"If only running a real pub was half as easy as it looks on Coronation Street," Bev told the News of the World. "The way we run The Rovers on telly is in the realms of make-believe. If it was in the real world it would have shut down years ago.
"They have more people working behind the bar than they do customers, and the other day I read in the script that someone bought a large gin and tonic and a large whisky for £2.60. Prices haven't been that low since the reign of Queen Victoria."
Creditors are now waiting for Bev and her partner to pay off debts of £30,823. The soap star has claimed that the government is to blame for failing to protect small businesses.
"I need to spend a couple of hours at least with Gordon Brown," she explained. "MPs are keeping their second home allowances but many small family businesses are losing their first homes. It makes your blood boil.
"I was so scared that people would find out that I was in financial trouble. But now I want to speak out because it's tough for real people running their own businesses and I want the government to take note of that."
