All Legislation articles – Page 9
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NewsCurfew vote postponed amid Tory rebellion
A parliamentary vote on the 10pm curfew was postponed last night amid a growing Tory rebellion over the measure.
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InterviewsD&D London CEO Des Gunewardena: ‘We’re going to suck it up and get on with it’
Like so many others in the sector, D&D London CEO Des Gunewardena is now well accustomed to receiving bad news. As the operator behind some of central London’s most iconic corporate and fine dining hot-spots, the government’s latest round of restrictions forcing city workers back out of the office and socialites to bed by 10pm have had an inevitable impact on the business. But Gunewardena is “trying to stay positive,” and having accepted that we could be living in a world of continued uncertainty for quite some time, his ‘new normal’ management style when it comes to the group’s 41-strong estate is “to suck it up and get on with it,” he tells MCA.
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NewsThree-tier system could see return of full lockdown
A new three-tier lockdown system is under consideration for England, with the potential for harsher restrictions including the closure of pubs and restaurants.
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NewsOsmond: Loan schemes ‘dig further trouble’
Emergency government loans designed to help companies through the pandemic could turn “once-viable businesses into zombie basket cases”, Various Eateries CEO Hugh Osmond has said.
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NewsLegal challenge against 10pm curfew
A legal challenge is being prepared against the Government’s implementation of a 10pm curfew.
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NewsPlea for more targeted support
The sector is facing a “severe and deleterious cumulative effect” from a series of local lockdowns, and further restrictions on supply and demand in the hospitality industry, trade bodies have warned the government.
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NewsKhan: London at a tipping point
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has warned the capital is at a “very serious tipping point” in the fight against coronavirus, as he pushed for a review of the 10pm curfew.
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NewsSunak: No regrets over Eat Out scheme
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has defended his Eat Out to Help Out scheme, and described his frustration at the 10pm curfew.
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NewsNew restrictions for Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough
New restrictions on social contact have been announced in the Liverpool city region, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough, banning different households from meeting in indoor hospitality venues.
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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”.