All Legislation articles – Page 10
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NewsHancock defends 10pm curfew
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has defended the 10pm curfew, arguing reducing social contact was preferable to allowing “hundreds of thousands of deaths”.
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NewsNorthern cities face ‘complete decimation’ in trade
The North of England faces mass redundancies and boarded-up high streets unless coronavirus restrictions are reviewed, the leaders of Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester councils have warned.
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InterviewsOakman Inns’ Peter Borg-Neal: Curfew policy ’chaotic and appalling’
Oakman Inns founder Peter Borg-Neal has called the 10pm curfew a “disgrace” and a “public health disaster”.
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NewsNew volume restrictions
The backlash over coronavirus restrictions is continuing to grow, even as a raft of new laws were published.
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Analysis & InsightTwo in five to retreat from hospitality with new restrictions in place
Two in five consumers will go out less often as a result of the new restrictions placed on pubs, bars and restaurants, according to CGA.
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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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Analysis & Insight’This is like executing the wounded’
New restrictions on operating hours were never going to be a popular measure in the hospitality industry.
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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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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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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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NewsSunak: Protecting jobs ‘number one priority’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering cuts to employers’ National Insurance contributions and an extension of the business rates holiday, as he described finding new ways to protect jobs as his “number one priority”.
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InterviewsRare Restaurants CEO Martin Williams: ‘Moratorium extension pointless without fiscal support for rent’
An extension of the lease forfeiture moratorium will do little to solve the industry’s rent crisis without a significant financial contribution from government, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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News‘Positive outcome’ in covid insurance test case
Business interruption insurance policies with pandemic or notifiable disease clauses should be read as to cover coronavirus and claims should be met, the High Court has heard.
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NewsKeir Starmer to call for targeted furlough scheme
Labour leader Keir Starmer is expected to call for a flexible alternative to the government’s Jobs Retention Scheme to “avoid mass unemployment,” according to the Financial Times.
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NewsPubs face rates bill of £800m
A business rates bill of £800m for pubs across the UK could be the last straw for many, forcing them to close for good, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned.