All Legislation articles – Page 9
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NewsCEBR: Eat Out to Help Out could be government’s ‘most effective’ crisis policy
The Eat Out to Help Out scheme could end up being the government’s most effective crisis policy, the Centre for Economics and Business Research has said.
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NewsSoho Summer Street Festival a 'huge victory' as 90% re-open
The Summer Street Festival, a campaign launched in June by commercial landlords Soho Estates and Shaftesbury to temporarily pedestrianise the Soho area, has been celebrated as a “huge victory” in allowing hospitality businesses to operate alfresco. According to Soho Estates, 90% of hospitality operators have now reopened within the pedestrianised ...
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NewsSky investigation ‘not representative’ and ‘agenda building’
Pub sector leaders have expressed their disappointment at a Sky News investigation that claimed pubs and bars in England are “ignoring” coronavirus guidance and “potentially putting public health at risk.”
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NewsSky investigation finds Manchester pubs flouting coronavirus guidance
Some pubs and bars in Manchester have been accused of flouting the coronavirus guidance, and not taking customer contact details, a Sky News investigation has claimed.
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NewsEat Out to Help Out used 10.5m times in first week
Diners used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme more than 10.5m times in its first week, the Treasury has said.
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NewsGreene King Premium, Urban and Venture Brands MD Karen Bosher: ‘It’s not our job to lecture people on healthy eating’
Although the Government may be adopting a nanny-state approach in its Obesity Strategy, it is not the responsibility of hospitality operators to determine the public’s eating habits, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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NewsBBPA calls for VAT cut on beer as European Commission gives green light
The British Beer and Pub Association has called on Government to include beer in its VAT cut for pubs.
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NewsS.A. Brain CEO Alistair Darby: Industry must prove it’s not 'dirty, germ-ridden'
In classing hospitality behind non-essential retail in its reopening strategy, the Government has enabled the idea that pubs and restaurants are high-risk spaces to return to, S.A. Brain CEO Alistair Darby has said. Speaking as part of MCA’s The Conversation, Darby shared his frustration that delaying the sector’s reopening – hospitality spaces in Wales are still prohibited from opening inside until 3 August – has “created the idea in many people’s minds that pubs and restaurants are dangerous places to go.”
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NewsBBPA: Calorie labelling will harm pub recovery
Mandatory calorie labelling on food and alcohol will harm pubs and brewers as they attempt to recover from the coronavirus crisis, the British Beer and Pub Association has warned.
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NewsCalorie count requirement for large operators
The government has confirmed it plans to introduce legislation to require large restaurants, cafes and takeaways with more than 250 employees to provide calorie counts on labels and menus.
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NewsCalories counts on menus under consideration
Restaurants could face new requirements for calorie counts on menus, under far-reaching proposals being considered by the government.
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NewsUK Hospitality CEO Kate Nicholls: High evidence threshold for local shutdowns
Local authority powers to shut down venues are “not as bad as they initially appeared”, Kate Nicholls, UK Hospitality CEO has said.
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NewsBowling alleys and live music venues get green light
Bowling alleys and live music venues will be allowed to open with social distancing from next month, but nightclubs will have to wait.
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NewsSir Patrick Vallance: ‘Absolutely no reason’ to stop working from home
Industry hopes of a return to work to boost hospitality spending were dealt a blow yesterday after the chief scientific advisor advised against it.
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NewsConfusion over face coverings for cafes
Confusion ensured today after ministers gave conflicting messages over whether food to go and coffee shop outlets will be included in the new law on face coverings.
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NewsGovernment reveals new details of points-based immigration system
Employers should focus on improving the skills of their workforce rather than relying on immigrant labour, Home Office minister Kevin Foster has said. Set to come into force in January 2021, the new system is intended to end free movement with the EU, meaning EU migrants will be treated the same as those from the rest of the world.
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NewsLegal analysis: ‘Signs on the floor are no match for a drunk man wanting a hug’
Operators are reopening into a complex new regulatory landscape, where licensing, public health and law enforcement combine and overlap.
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Analysis & InsightSunak’s sector support – help out or wash out?
The Chancellor, it seems, has done it again. For all the pre-emptive whispers of potential VAT cuts and unprecedented (in the UK, at least) voucher schemes, Rishi Sunak’s Summer Economic Update didn’t disappoint. But if the coronavirus crisis has taught us anything, it’s that glorious headlines don’t always equate to glorious results – something hospitality’s ‘squeezed middle’ know all too well. So how will Sunak’s Plan for Jobs work in reality?
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NewsSunak unveils VAT cut and discount scheme
Consumers will be able to get a 50% reduction for sit-down meals in cafes, restaurants and pubs across the UK from Monday to Wednesday every week throughout August 2020, part of government plans to support the industry.
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NewsWelsh hospitality calls for inside reopening date as it faces 30,000 job losses
At least 30,000 jobs are expected to be lost in the Welsh hospitality sector as a result of the coronavirus crisis, and almost half of these have already happened, a survey by the Welsh Independent Restaurant Collective has found.