Florence Pugh’s father has told GB News that his daughter, the A-list actress, has shelled out hefty sums of money to help him with his business dilemma.
Clinton Pugh is an outspoken critic of LTNs (low-traffic neighbourhoods) and feels they have significantly hampered his businesses in Oxford.
Speaking to Nigel Farage on GB News, he admitted his daughter, who has starred in blockbuster films like Dune: Part Two and Don’t Worry Darling, has reached into her pocket to help him deal with his struggles.
“I’ve lost about £900,000”, he said.
Clinton Pugh reveals he has had significant financial support from his daughter
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“My daughter has helped me hugely. To the point where she gave me a few thousand or a lot of thousand pounds to try and help sell the business.
“Of course, people don’t realise running restaurants is extremely difficult, it takes huge amounts of energy.”
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Clinton Pugh has criticised the East Oxford LTN which was introduced as a trial in May 2022 by Oxfordshire Country Council.
According to Pugh, the scheme was introduced without communication or assessment.
“Now the damage is being done”, he told Nigel.
“The biggest point that I’m most frustrated about is, they didn’t provide any buses from the park and ride.
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“Everyone goes into park and ride and gets into Oxford, so you would go to into Oxford then get a bus out.
“Unfortunately, the damage is huge. The average loss of turnover is 42 per cent.”
Recalling his own business losses, he said: “I had three restaurants right next to each other.
“The biggest thing of these five-minute cities is you cannot find 150 managers that live within five minutes. You need to get people to commute in.
Florence Pugh has starred in blockbusters like Oppenheimer
UNIVERSAL PICTURES“I am probably one of the most experienced restauranteurs in Oxford. About 12 businesses which are all very successful.
“They craftily drifted this in during Covid and did it without proper consultation and they’re still not communicating it properly.”
An Oxfordshire County Council statement read: “LTNs are intended to make residential streets safer, quieter and more comfortable for walking, cycling and wheeling.
“They are designed to work with other measures to make it easier to get around and improve the health and wellbeing of our communities.”