Simon’s Harrogate-based business has seven sites across North Yorkshire, with three in York, namely Clementines, Fat Badger York and Guy Fawkes Inn on High Petergate. York Races is another popular event in York that brings people and their money to the city centre. Visitors to Harrogate often go to York as well and businesses increasingly report such two-way traffic, further boosting York with “a summer surge.” And when York thrives, the wider North Yorkshire hospitality ecosystem feels the benefit. If July is anything to go by, York’s hospitality sector is not just resilient — it’s roaring.”