Legislation News – Page 34
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NewsEmergency lockdown plans could enforce two-week hospitality closure
A new emergency lockdown plan could be enforced across northern England and London in the coming days, the Times reports.
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NewsDebt enforcement moratorium extended
The government will extend the debt enforcement moratorium until the end of the year, business minister Lord Callanan has announced.
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NewsFirst night of curfew passes ‘largely without incident’
The first night of the 10pm hospitality curfew in England and Wales has passed “largely without incident,” according to Sky News. As part of an investigation into how the curfew was handled in London and Birmingham, Sky reported overall compliance, streets adorned with “fluorescent vests and jackets of enforcement officials” and “eerily quiet” streets at 10pm.
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NewsChancellor’s Winter Economy Plan: ‘Job Support Scheme,’ ‘pay as you grow’ and VAT cuts
Businesses forced to reduce employee working hours because of the coronavirus crisis will be legible for government wage subsidies of one third of lost pay, The Chancellor has announced. To continue supporting businesses with cashflow, bounceback loans will be merged with a new ‘pay as you grow’ scheme and government guarantees for CIBLS will be extended for up to ten years, and the deadline for all loan schemes will be extended until the end of 2020 whilst government works on a “new successor loan guarantee programme” to start in January 2021. The VAT bill, due to be paid in March 2021, will instead be spread over 11 smaller payments without interest for those businesses who need it, and the Chancellor has cancelled the planned increase in VAT (back to the standard rate of 20%) set for January, with VAT remaining at the reduced 5% rate until 31 March instead.
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NewsSunak to announce wage subsidy scheme, VAT cuts and new loans
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce a multibillion-pound package of economic support including wage subsidies for part for part-time workers, VAT cuts and more loans for struggling businesses.
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NewsUnlicensed premises exempt from table service rule
The ‘table service only’ rule only applies to licensed operators, the government has clarified.
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NewsRaab: ‘We can’t rule out second lockdown’
The government can’t rule out a second lockdown if the latest coronavirus restrictions fail to curb infection rates, foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said.
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NewsPM confirms tighter restrictions for hospitality
Pubs, restaurants and bars could be subject to a 10pm curfews and table service-only for up to six months, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.
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NewsThe Times: 10pm curfew a compromise between rival ministers
Government ministers Michael Gove and Matt Hancock were pushing for a full shutdown of hospitality, but Boris Johnson was swayed by appeals of the economic devastation that would cause by chancellor Rishi Sunak.
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NewsGove: You should work from home if you can
People will be asked to work from home if they can, government minister Michael Gove has said, in a U-turn which deals a further blow to city centre-based operators.
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News10pm curfew ‘another crushing blow’ for hospitality
Pubs, bars and restaurants across the country will be subject to a 10pm curfew from Thursday, the Prime Minister is expected to announce today.
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NewsWhitty: Virus is all of our problem
Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has warned the UK has “in a bad sense, turned a corner, only very recently”.
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NewsHancock refuses to say if pubs will be ordered to close
Health secretary Matt Hancock has refused to guarantee that pubs will be open this weekend, as the government considers new coronavirus restrictions.
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News‘No evidence’ hospitality responsible for transmission spike
Hospitality leaders have strongly rejected health secretary Matt Hancock’s suggestion that pubs and restaurants are one of the key places of coronavirus transmission.
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NewsLancashire and Merseyside face curfew as threat of national lockdown looms
Hospitality businesses in Lancashire and Merseyside will be forced to shut early from next week as tighter restrictions are introduced in the North West, Midlands and West Yorkshire.
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NewsLondon mayor calls for year-long extension of business rates holiday
London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a year-long extension of the business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.
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NewsTim Martin calls for tax equality between pubs and supermarkets
Wetherspoon is to cut the price of all food and drink on Thursday 24 September as it hosts a ‘Tax Equality Day.’
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NewsBBPA: North East curfew a significant blow to pub sector
The latest lockdown restrictions in parts of the North East are a “significant blow” to the sector, the British Beer and Pub Association has said.
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NewsNorth East faces curfew
Pubs and restaurants could be subject to an arbitrary 10pm curfew in North-East England this weekend as areas including Newcastle, Sunderland and County Durham are due to be put under new local lockdown measures. Although the extent of the restrictions are yet to be confirmed, it is understood that alongside the curfew, measures could also include a ban on mixing between households, and people being encouraged to avoid using public transport for non-essential journeys.
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NewsGovernment announces three-month eviction moratorium
The government will extend the eviction moratorium until the end of this year, communities secretary Robert Jenrick has announced today.