Legislation News – Page 14
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NewsDimbleby: ‘Education and willpower are not enough’
Henry Dimbelby has called for a radical rethink of the British diet and food system, which includes sugar and salt reformulation taxes, as well as mandatory reporting of food and drink sales for large restaurant companies.
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NewsScotland to maintain masks and curfew
Hospitality venues in Scotland will still be restricted to a midnight curfew, and other modified restrictions, despite the country moving to level zero on 19 July.
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NewsUKHospitality: ‘Businesses could see half their workforce self-isolating at once’
Hospitality businesses could see up to half of their staff needing to self-isolate at the same time if the government’s worst-case projections about the rise in case numbers are correct, Kate Nicholls, chief executive, UKHospitality has warned.
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NewsNightclubs advised to seek vaccination status
Nightclubs and other event organisers have been advised to ask for proof that revellers have had two jabs or tested negative for Covid.
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NewsUnlocking of restrictions gets go-ahead
The easing of restrictions will go ahead on July 19, though people have been warned not to revert back to normal, and be cautious in the face of the ongoing risk of the virus.
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NewsPM to urge ‘caution is vital’
The prime minster is expected to confirm today that social distancing requirements will end next week - but will urge people not to return to normal unless they want to risk restrictions being reimposed.
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NewsCovid app alerts under review
Health secretary Sajid Javid is considering an “appropriate, balanced and proportionate” approach for self-isolation when people are pinged by the NHS app, Rishi Sunak has said.
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NewsChancellor to urge workers back to office
The chancellor is urging workers to return to the office as soon as the government’s work from home guidance lifts.
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NewsFreedom Day a ‘complete fallacy’
The end of Covid restrictions on 19 July has been dismissed as “a complete fallacy” unless test and trace rules are changed before mid-August.
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NewsProposal for 6% salt tax
Henry Dimbleby is set to propose a 6% tax on salty foods as a central recommendation of his National Food Strategy.
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NewsRestrictions to lift on 19 July
The prime minister is expected to announce that customers will be able to return to ordering at the bar later this month.
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NewsConsultation launched on business rates
The government has launched a business rates revaluations consultation in a bid to make the system in England fairer and more streamlined.
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NewsIreland to introduce vaccine passport system for indoor hospitality
The Irish government has announced it will be delaying the reopening of indoor hospitality and when it does reopen it will be limited to those who have been fully vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19.
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News19 July is ‘end of the line’ for lockdown restrictions
Sajid Javid, secretary of state for health and social care, has said that 19 July is the “end of the line” for lockdown restrictions.
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NewsJavid confident of 19 July lockdown end
Sajid Javid, the newly appointed secretary of state for health and social care, has said he is confident that the easing of lockdown restrictions will take place on 19 July.
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NewsTips Bill could see operators lose power over service charge
The proposed Tips Bill could see restaurants and pubs lose the power to deduct money received by staff in tips, should it be passed by parliament.
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NewsLoungers: ‘Calorie labelling would be costly and distracting’
The requirement for large hospitality operators to display calorie information from April next year would be “distracting and expensive”, voiced Loungers’ CEO Nick Collins on MCA’s The Conversation.
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NewsCourt rejects appeal against Deliveroo rider judgement
The UK Court of Appeal has upheld past judgements that Deliveroo riders are self-employed, dismissing an appeal by the IWGB union.
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NewsBan on ‘junk food’ ads to be announced
The government is set to confirm a TV ban on advertising food deemed to be high in fat, salt and sugar before 9pm from 2023.
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NewsUKHospitality Scotland calls for further support following extension
UKHospitality has called for additional support for Scottish operators after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday that current coronavirus restrictions would remain in place until 19 July.