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NewsWetherspoons sales hit by 'baffling' and 'questionable' restrictions
Wetherspoons sales were significantly lower in October than previous months as the imposition of new restrictions took its toll, the business has revealed in a trading update today.
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InterviewsHugh Osmond: ‘If you want to prevent deaths, you start with the places people are likely to die’
Various Eateries director Hugh Osmond has criticised the government’s mass testing strategy as a “giant propaganda exercise,” arguing that ministers initially failed to utilise the approach where it could have had the biggest impact.
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NewsOperators call for EIS incentives to help rebuild sector
London hospitality operators including The Piano Works, Kerb and bar business Lolipop have called on government to adapt the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) to help rebuild the sector. In a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak seen by City AM, the businesses outlined proposals of an “equity alternative” to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, which would use tax relief to incentivise investors to support industry recovery.
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Analysis & InsightUKH: No sign of wavering on lockdown
There are no signs the government regrets its decision to order lockdown amid speculation Boris Johnson feels he was misdirected by the date, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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NewsStarmer calls for staggered closing times
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for a rethink of the 10pm hospitality curfew when lockdown ends in England.
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NewsWales relaxes lockdown rules
Groups of four people from different households will be allowed to meet indoors at pubs, cafes and restaurants after Wales’ firebreak lockdown ends.
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NewsGovernment makes partial u-turn on takeaway beer
The government has made a partial U-turn on its ban on takeaway beer from pubs during the lockdown in England.
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NewsHugh Osmond: Christmas 'already over’ for sector
Coppa Club backer Hugh Osmond has warned many hospitality venues will never reopen after lockdown on Thursday.
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NewsUKH: ‘Viability is on a knife-edge’
UK Hospitality has warned the cost of a second lockdown to hospitality businesses would be heavier than the first.
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NewsSunak extends furlough scheme
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a month-long extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme during the second lockdown.
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NewsLockdown announcement mired in chaos
Pubs, restaurants and other non-essential businesses will be forced to close from Thursday 5 November for a month after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a second national lockdown.
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OpinionPCA Fiona Dickie: ‘I have teeth and I am not afraid to bite’
Those following the coverage of my investigation into Star Pubs and Bars will know that I found Star had committed twelve separate breaches of the pubs code, which they must now put right.
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NewsNottinghamshire moves into tier 3
Nottinghamshire moves into tier 3 restrictions tomorrow, potentially shutting more than 800 wet-led pubs and bars in the region unless they can operate as restaurants. Nottingham City, Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe council entered the very high alert level overnight, with the rest of the county to follow after midnight on ...
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InterviewsSacha Lord: Wet-led community pubs ‘completely shot’
Manchester’s wet-led pubs are “completely shot” under tier 3 and “many will not reopen again,” the city’s Night Time Economy Advisor Sacha Lord has warned. Speaking at MCA’s The Conversation, Lord cited the wet-led sub-sector as his “greatest concern” and said that given that the city has been operating under at least tier 2 restrictions in all but name for the past three months, large-scale closures and redundancies are now “inevitable.”
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NewsWestminster scraps al fresco charge
Westminster City Council has scrapped plans to charge restaurant and bar operators to keep trading outside through the coming months.
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Analysis & InsightSunak splits the sector
From “hugely generous” to “nowhere near enough”, industry response to the chancellor’s latest round of business support was mixed to say the least. Speaking in the Commons yesterday (22 October), Sunak highlighted that the extent of the new funding – which will include £2,100 grants for businesses and an improved Short Time Work Scheme – was predicated on talks with hospitality operators and trade bodies earlier in the day, who informed the chancellor of a “significant fall in consumer demand, causing profound economic harm to their industry.” In light of the unsustainable position in which thousands of hospitality businesses under tier 2 restrictions have found themselves in recent weeks, he added that he made “no apology” for “responding to changing circumstances” - but does this ‘unapologetic’ response go far enough?
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NewsJudicial review launched into Manchester tier 3
Sacha Lord, the night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, has commenced a Judicial Review into the legality of implementing emergency restrictions on the region’s hospitality sector without scientific evidence.
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NewsRare Restaurants the latest to accept business lunches
Gaucho and M Restaurants are now accepting business lunches, dinners, private dining and breakfast, CEO Martin Williams has confirmed.
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Analysis & InsightTier 2 prompts 50% sales dip for hospitality
Pubs, bars and restaurants in tier 2 of the government’s system have seen sales drop by half since the introduction of the stricter measures, CGA’s latest data shows.
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NewsGreater Manchester goes into tier 3
Greater Manchester will be placed into tier 3 coronavirus restrictions on Friday after talks to reach a financial settlement broke down.