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Chancellor extends furlough until end of April

17 December 2020 by

The furlough scheme has been extended until the end of April 2021, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today.

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Hospitality job losses hit 650,000

08 December 2020 by

Hospitality has seen 650,000 job losses this year due to the impact of coronavirus restrictions on the industry, according to software provider Fourth.

‘Novelty’ of takeaway wears off for second Covid lockdown News

‘Novelty’ of takeaway wears off for second Covid lockdown

16 November 2020 by
Expert HR advice on coping with coronavirus from the People Summit People

Expert HR advice on coping with coronavirus from the People Summit

12 November 2020 by
HMRC: no flexibility on new employee furlough News

HMRC: no flexibility on new employee furlough

09 November 2020 by
Operators left with six-figure gap in budget after Job Retention Bonus payout postponed News

Operators left with six-figure gap in budget after Job Retention Bonus payout postponed

09 November 2020 by

Operators concerned furlough extension could mean longer closure News

Operators concerned furlough extension could mean longer closure

05 November 2020 by

While many operators were relieved yesterday by the extension of the furlough scheme until the end[...]

MPs approve lockdown in England and closure of hospitality News

MPs approve lockdown in England and closure of hospitality

04 November 2020 by

MPs have approved plans to put England into lockdown from midnight tonight, including the closure of[...]

Trade bodies call on government to secure future of British hospitality and supply chain News

Trade bodies call on government to secure future of British hospitality and supply chain

04 November 2020 by

Trade bodies representing the UK’s hospitality, pubs and their supply chain businesses have called on the[...]

Almost half of hospitality workers remain on furlough News

Almost half of hospitality workers remain on furlough

09 October 2020 by

Almost half (43%) of hospitality workers remain on furlough even though the support scheme comes to[...]

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Chancellor launches scheme to top-up employee wages and extends VAT cut to March 2021

The government will top-up the wages of employees kept in roles on reduced hours in a bid to ward off redundancies through the winter months. "

24 September 2020 by
Mounting anger among operators excluded from latest government support News

Mounting anger among operators excluded from latest government support

24 September 2020
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Leaders from the night time economy sector have said they are “an industry in exile” having been excluded from the latest raft of government support, and have warned that growing anger among operators will give rise to backlash.

Treasury Committee urges targeted extension to Job Retention Scheme News

Treasury Committee urges targeted extension to Job Retention Scheme

11 September 2020
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The Treasury Committee has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to “carefully consider” targeted extensions to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

Night-time industry leaders ‘very positive’ following government meeting News

Night-time industry leaders ‘very positive’ following government meeting

08 September 2020 by

Night-time industry leaders who met with government representatives yesterday to negotiate a recovery plan for the[...]

Renewed calls for hospitality furlough scheme extension as collapse of inbound tourism could see three million jobs lost News

Renewed calls for hospitality furlough scheme extension as collapse of inbound tourism could see three million jobs lost

01 September 2020 by

Calls for a hospitality-specific extension of the government’s furlough scheme have been renewed as it is[...]

Night-time economy at ‘risk of collapse’ if government fails to act News

Night-time economy at ‘risk of collapse’ if government fails to act

24 August 2020 by

A consortium of leading night-time operators, including the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), has challenged the[...]

VAT calculation warning ahead of government’s Eat Out to Help Out launch News

VAT calculation warning ahead of government’s Eat Out to Help Out launch

31 July 2020 by

Operators have been warned to ensure they have the correct systems in place ahead of the[...]

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Scotland announces £14m hotel recovery programme

The Scottish government has committed to two new funding packages worth £15m to support the tourism sector as it continues to feel the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic."

29 July 2020 by
One in three furloughed hospitality jobs at risk News

One in three furloughed hospitality jobs at risk

23 July 2020
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Around one in three furloughed hospitality workers’ jobs could be at risk, according to accountancy firm PwC.

Pub operators report surge in job applicants News

Pub operators report surge in job applicants

20 July 2020
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A huge surge of applicants for front and back of house positions has been reported by pub operators following last month’s reports that the number of people out of work in the country had increased by 600,000.

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