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NewsAntonio Carluccio Foundation offers grants of £500,000 to businesses affected by coronavirus
The Antonio Carluccio Foundation will make grants of up to £500,000 this year to support hospitality businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic, MCA’s sister Magazine Big Hospitality reports.
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NewsHix: 'Not my decision to appoint administrators'
Mark Hix has appointed administrators to his three restaurant companies - WSH & Mark Hix Restaurants, Restaurants etc and Hix Townhouse.
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NewsCommercial landlords call for flexibility from lenders
London’s biggest property owners have called for more flexibility from banks and lenders as tenants fail to pay their rent during the pandemic, The Times reports.
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NewsFamous Brand will no longer finance GBK
Famous Brands, the South Africa-based group, has said it will no longer fund its loss-making Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) restaurants in the UK.
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NewsTRG downsizes exec pay and operations
The Restaurant Group has announced an extension to its lending facilities, executive pay cuts and a downsizing of its board.
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NewsRent cancellations: ‘As soon as you do it for one, you have to do it for everyone’
Rent has emerged as one of the central and most polarising issues during the coronavirus crisis, creating an us versus them dynamic as operators look to drastically cut costs and wind down their businesses.
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NewsCrussh launches home delivery
Healthy-eating and Juice brand Crussh has launched a home delivery option for consumers within the M25.
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NewsSt Austell offers free rooms for NHS staff
St Austell Brewery has offered free-of-charge rooms to NHS workers from the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
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NewsEi and Punch extend rent deferral
Ei Group and Punch Pubs are the latest pub companies to extend the deferral of rent and other payments as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
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NewsPubcos sign declaration to protect tenant rights
Directors of all the regulated pub-owning businesses have signed a formal declaration to protect certain tenant rights in the coronavirus pandemic, the Pubs Code Adjudicator has revealed.
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NewsConsumer confidence dips to lowest recorded level
Consumer confidence in the first quarter of the year fell to -18% as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Deloitte’s consumer tracker has revealed.
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NewsPubcos respond to calls for rent cancellation
Pubco bosses have responded to calls to cancel rents for tenants, pointing to the government’s package of support for small businesses, the Morning Advertiser reports.
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NewsBBPA: Pub tenants have government support to pay rent
This is an extraordinary time for our sector, the like of which we have never seen before, and it is important that we all work in partnership to protect it. That is why we acknowledge the calls many publicans are making on rent payments and recognise the pressures they face.
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NewsFuller’s puts 95% of staff on furlough
Fuller’s has placed over 95% of its staff on furlough, and will top up wages that exceed the £2,500 Government cap.
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NewsDavid Read: Pick-our-Own
David Read, Prestige Purchasing’s Chairman highlights the opportunity for laid-off hospitality workers elsewhere in the food chain
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Steve Gotham: Contrasting coronavirus communications
MCA’s Operator Data Index includes over 350 eating & drinking out chains with five outlets or more. We estimate these businesses generated a combined turnover of almost £27bn in 2019 – quite what this comparative will equate to in 2020 when the coronavirus dust eventually settles is a scary prospect. Many of these businesses have temporarily closed all operations, while a number are gallantly soldiering on with delivery or takeaway from selected locations only. Of those businesses still trading in some form, it is useful to review their online messages on how they are dealing with the coronavirus. Certainly, there are differences in how they are looking to both inform and reassure consumers.
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NewsUnited We Stand - Restaurant PR Gemma Bell on how to stay relevant during the crisis
As part of the United We Stand podcast series, PR expert Gemma Bell discusses the importance of regular consumer communication, staying relevant in closure, and how restaurant marketing is set to change after the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsGovernment announces new emergency loans package
The Government has announced a new emergency loans package intended to support the “squeezed middle” – some 85% of businesses in the hospitality industry – who were previously excluded from previous coronavirus support packages.
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NewsUKH calls on Government to protect businesses against “punitive” landlord sanctions
Hospitality businesses need urgent support to protect them from punitive legal sanctions from commercial landlords, UK Hospitality has informed the Government.
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NewsWagamama launches cook-at-home video series
Wagamama has become the latest operator to launch its own cooking lesson video series to reach out to consumers in the closure period.