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All MCA Insight articles in October 2020 – Page 7
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NewsPM: Government will intervene if Manchester leaders don’t “reconsider and engage constructively”
Boris Johnson has urged Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to “reconsider and engage constructively” in talks to up the region’s alert level to tier 3.
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NewsGreater Manchester to receive “tens of millions” in tier 3 government support
The Prime Minister could offer up to £100m to Manchester’s leaders to accept the government’s proposed tier 3 restrictions.
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NewsMegan’s secures Surbiton site
London-based all-day dining concept Megan’s has secured its ninth site, in Surbiton.
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NewsLate-night operators “shocked and dismayed” at Cultural Recovery Fund refusals
Late-night sector leaders have questioned the criteria on which grants under the Cultural Recovery Fund (CRF) have been determined as some of London’s leading independent operators were refused support.
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NewsOver 750,000 sector job losses expected without additional government support
Over 750,000 jobs will be lost in hospitality by February 2021 without further government support, according to CGA.
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NewsChestnut appoints COO
East Anglian pub and restaurant company The Chestnut Group has announced Henry Fairbanks as its new chief operating officer.
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NewsGordon Ramsay Burger to open in Harrods
Gordon Ramsay Burger is to open its first UK site in London’s Harrods before the end of the year.
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NewsPuttshack UK announces senior-level restructure
Mini golf concept Puttshack has announced a shake-up of its senior team.
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NewsAbokado appoints administrators
Healthy to-go brand Abokado has appointed administrators having been unable to reopen the business due to ongoing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsGDK pushes on with 2020 expansion
German Doner Kebab has announced plans to open 12 new restaurants across six major UK cities before the end of the year.
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NewsWales to enter ‘fire-break’ lockdown
Hospitality businesses in Wales will be forced to close for two weeks as part of a “fire-break” lockdown, first minister Mark Drakeford has announced.
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OpinionPeter Martin: Struggling for influence
So who gets your vote? Andy Burnham? Rishi Sunak? Which politician deserves most credit for supporting the interests of hospitality?
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NewsTwo-week lockdown: ‘Be careful what you wish for’
Operators who believe a two-week circuit-breaker could be a magic bullet should be “careful what they wish for”, UK Hospitality’s Kate Nicholls has warned.
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NewsWest End endures ‘horrendous’ first weekend in tier 2
West End bar and restaurant operators have warned that they will not survive the winter after the “horrendous” first weekend of the capital’s tier 2 restrictions triggered tens of thousands of cancellations.
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NewsManchester in stalemate over funding talks
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said he was “surprised and disappointed” after the idea of a Hardship Fund to top up furlough payments and support the self-employed was flat out rejected by the government yesterday.
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NewsWorking lunch loophole
Working lunches could be exempt from coronavirus lockdown restrictions after an apparent loophole emerged.
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Hundreds join HospoDemo
Leading figures from the hospitality industry were among hundreds who converged on Parliament Square yesterday to protest latest Government restrictions on the industry.
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InterviewsAlchemist CEO Simon Potts: ‘Burnham is highlighting the plight of the people’
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s refusal to accept tier 3 restrictions has “highlighted the plight of the people” and emphasised the need for sufficient job support, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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Analysis & InsightGraffiti Spirits co-founder Matt Farrell: ‘Government are always two weeks behind’
In its reactive approach to mandating restrictions, the government is “two or three weeks behind every time” when it comes to providing the accompanying support, Graffiti Spirits co-founder Matt Farrell has said.
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NewsJeremy King: Tier 2 leaves London in ‘no man’s land’
Tier two restrictions are the “worst of both worlds”, according to Jeremy King, as he revealed his West End restaurants were down 50% on Monday on the previous week.