All Late Night Bars and Clubs articles – Page 5
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News
Rekom: Joy of reopening marred by vaccine passport news
Rekom UK CEO Peter Marks said he should be elated at being able to open up his nightclubs – but was instead a “bundle of nerves” in anticipation of vaccine passports being introduced later this year
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Analysis & Insight
Further 12,000 licensed premises set to reopen on 19 July
New research from CGA and AlixPartners predicts 12,000 hospitality venues could reopen next Monday, but several challenges remain for the sector. The latest edition of the Market Recovery Monitor reveals net closures across the licensed sector equivalent to 25 per day during the last 12 months.
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Analysis & Insight
Late night venues to benefit from 18-30s
Research shows the vast majority of young people aged 18-30 plan to responsibly return to late night leisure venues, with three quarters of respondents happy to adhere to government guidelines and measures. Yet, average spending could be 7% lower.
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Sarah Willingham on the ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ for the bar sector
Nightcap CEO Sarah Willingham has said she hopes her newly listed late-night group will come the go-to fund for distressed but sound businesses needing to restructure.
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Trade bodies call for a freeze in late-night levy payments
Hospitality trade bodies have called on government to freeze late-night levy payments as some late-night businesses have been required to continue payments despite lockdown and curfew restrictions.
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Sacha Lord joins NTIA board
Sacha Lord, the Night Time Economy Advisor for Greater Manchester, has joined the Night Time Industries Association board.
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Interviews
Tokyo Industries CEO Aaron Mellor: Night-time sector ‘totally ignored’
Tokyo Industries CEO Aaron Mellor has dismissed Rishi Sunak’s Winter Economic Plan for leaving the night-time sector with little choice but to hibernate.
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Parliament’s bars exempt from tougher measures
Parliament’s bars will not be subject to coronavirus restrictions despite the implementation of tougher measures on the wider sector last week, the Times reports.
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Burnham: ‘Curfew doing more harm than good’
The 10pm curfew rule is “doing more harm than good” and should “probably” be lifted, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said.
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Revolution considers CVA
Revolution Bars Group has confirmed it is working with advisors to secure its long-term viability. The company is currently evaluating the potential impact of the latest restrictions on the business, and is exploring various options including a reduction of its estate through a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). No decisions have yet been made, but the board is considering all necessary options to ensure its viability in light of the latest government measures.
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Interviews
Deltic CEO Peter Marks: ‘We’re innocent until proven guilty’
There has been no evidence to support government suggestions that hospitality is to blame for the rise in coronavirus cases, and therefore the industry should be considered “innocent until proven guilty,” Deltic CEO Peter Marks has told MCA.
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Labour calls for sector-specific furlough extension
Labour has called for a sector-specific extension of the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme, warning that a blanket withdrawal will force many late-night hospitality businesses to close.
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Interviews
Inception co-founder Charlie Gilkes: Customers have embraced safety measures
Inception Group co-founder Charlie Gilkes also described how customers have embraced new safety measures, such as temperate checks and track and trace when returning to the London bar estate.
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Warehouse Project founder Sacha Lord: We won’t reopen until we can do it properly
Nightclub and live gig venues may be some of the last to reopen, but Greater Manchester’s night-time economy advisor Sacha Lord won’t be shifting his models to speed up the process.
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Inception looks to mannequins and gas masks for “playful” distancing solutions
Inception Group, the operator behind London-based bar concepts including Mr Fogg’s, Bunga Bunga and Cahoots, is turning to “playful solutions” to tackle distancing measures when they reopen.
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Interviews
Alchemist CEO Simon Potts: ‘We’ll work to turn fear of going out into fear of missing out’
“Relaxed” isn’t an emotion easily associated with members of the hospitality industry of late, but Alchemist CEO Simon Potts seems to be the exception. In fact, with consumer behaviour throughout the pandemic largely dependent on their personal proximity to a relaxed state of mind, for Potts, a pragmatic and slow-paced reopening is the obvious route to a successful recovery.
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Marks: Focus on the bigger picture
Deltic CEO Peter Marks has likened to the focus on furlough details such as tronc to “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic” and urged operators to see the bigger picture.
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Sacha Lord: 70% will go under without urgent cash support
Seventy per cent of night-time operators face going out of business if they do not get urgent access to cash support from government, Manchester night czar Sacha Lord has warned.
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The NTIA calls for ‘Big Freeze’
The NTIA has called for a complete freeze of the economy in an open letter to the Government released today.
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UK must follow France’s lead - NTIA
The Night Time Industries Association described the Prime Minister’s announcement as devastating, leaving many businesses, staff and suppliers, with no support.