Relentless buffeting by depressions prevented “high margin rides” on the attraction ... Sales at the group’s flagship attraction Brighton Palace Pier were down £1,1 million at £6.4 million ...

Costs have already soared by around £300,000, and rides will be shut midweek in June and next winter for the first time in four years. Brighton Pier has had a similar story, with maintenance ...

On Brighton's famed seafront, the Victorian-era Brighton Palace Pier has arcade games, fairground rides, and classic seaside treats like cotton candy (or candy floss, as the Brits call it).