COVID 19 has affected us all. Many local businesses are struggling to stay afloat amongst the pandemic. With almost no live music venues open, increased costs, lower revenue and social distancing, businesses are facing new challenges. Pandoras Box Rehearsal Studios in East Vancouver is one of those local businesses that is persevering through the pandemic.

Pandoras Box Rehearsal Studio manager Rob Clements:

“The biggest challenge, I guess, keeping staff and customers safe. Implementing that has been tough you had to research, you had to develop a plan, you had to train and track all that. Of course the other challenge has been financial. Cashflow, super hard, your expenses are going up and your revenue is going down. Because of the way we had to implement protocols, there’s less revenue even if you’re full.”

With all these new challenges businesses are looking for creative new ways to attract and keep business.

Rob Clements:

“We’re a services company, so the big difference we’ve been look at and the way that a lot of musicians have reacted to is live streaming. So we have improved our services around live streaming, in hope that musicians would be adopting that more.”

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