GLASGOW’S Yes Bar will reopen by the start of next week after a “plumbing disaster” forced its closure, its owner has said.
The city centre venue on Drury Street shut its doors last month and donated all its food to the homeless.
Documents on Companies House show the firm has since been issued with a compulsory strike-off notice – sparking fears it would never reopen.
But owner Suzanne McLaughlin said the pro-independence bar would be throwing open its doors again “very shortly”, and insisted anyone with a booking or voucher could have it extended or refunded.
She said the plumbing issues had been “major and expensive”, which combined with other problems meant the business had been late filing its paperwork.
She said: “That will be up to date this week. All staff are being paid in full and any customers with vouchers or tickets being fully refunded or rebooked as they choose.”
Ms McLaughlin said she was aiming to reopen the bar “later in the week or early next week”.
In a statement on Facebook, she wrote: "Hello all! We are still closed.
"The plumbing issues were major and expensive! We will be open very shortly (within a week) anyone who was a booking or a voucher can have it extended or refunded.
"I had to sort out some issues relating to this with landlord also. All well albeit annoying and inconvenient.
"I have put a brand new ops manager in place to deal with all issues – her name is Sharon Tonner."
Yes Bar announced it would be forced to close its doors temporarily on January 21, tweeting: “We’ve had a plumbing disaster and have to close for at least a week. We have lots of fresh food and produce.
“Anyone doing work with homeless etc that could make use of this?”
Within an hour, the food had been handed over to the Glasgow Street Team, which works with the homeless.
Last year, supporters raised more than £2,700 for the bar after it was broken into for the third time and ransacked.
A hub of pro-independence activism, Yes Bar offers special pizza deals for members of the SNP, the Scottish Greens, Women for Independence and the Scottish Socialist Party.
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