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Leroy the latest restaurant to call time on discretionary service charge

07 July 2020 by

Leroy in east London has become the latest restaurant to stop adding a discretionary service charge to bills, explaining “if you want to eat in a quality place it will cost you more, but you will also be doing better[...]

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Chancellor expected to announce VAT cut while Treasury revisits coronavirus support loans

06 July 2020 by

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a temporary VAT cut for hospitality businesses as part of his summer statement on Wednesday.

Dominic Jack and Tom Kitchin confirm closure of Castle Terrace News

Dominic Jack and Tom Kitchin confirm closure of Castle Terrace

30 June 2020 by
Treasury Select Committee says government must include tronc in furlough pay News

Treasury Select Committee says government must include tronc in furlough pay

15 June 2020 by
Scottish economy secretary exploring furlough extension for tourism and hospitality News

Scottish economy secretary exploring furlough extension for tourism and hospitality

03 June 2020 by
Welsh hospitality asks for six weeks’ notice for reopening News

Welsh hospitality asks for six weeks’ notice for reopening

03 June 2020 by

Reduced furlough and lack of tronc could see wages fall below 60% News

Reduced furlough and lack of tronc could see wages fall below 60%

28 May 2020 by

Concerns have been raised that furloughed hospitality workers could see their pay fall below 60% if[...]

Operators raise concerns over Scotland’s lockdown route map News

Operators raise concerns over Scotland’s lockdown route map

27 May 2020 by

Operators have raised concerns over Scotland’s route map to exiting lockdown, including businesses’ outdoor spaces being[...]

Will furlough put paid to the tronc? Business

Will furlough put paid to the tronc?

22 May 2020 by

With the coronavirus furlough scheme leaving some waiting staff out of pocket, is it time to[...]

MPs from across political parties support calls for tronc to be included in furlough pay News

MPs from across political parties support calls for tronc to be included in furlough pay

19 May 2020 by

MPs from across political parties have supported calls for tronc, service charge and tips to be[...]

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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended until the end of October

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended until the end of October."

12 May 2020 by
Hotel operators to return to ‘a very different market’, where trust will be ‘paramount’ News

Hotel operators to return to ‘a very different market’, where trust will be ‘paramount’

12 May 2020
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Building trust between the hotelier and customer will be “paramount” when operators return to “a very different market”, according to Russell Kett, chair of consultancy HVS London.

Furlough scheme 'failing business', says open letter to Chancellor News

Furlough scheme 'failing business', says open letter to Chancellor

12 May 2020
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London-based coffee roaster Volcano Coffee Works has written an open letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for furloughed employees to be allowed to work, after a survey revealed 86% want to support rebuilding the British economy.

Government confirms 'ambition' to open some hospitality venues, including pubs and hotels, from 4 July News

Government confirms 'ambition' to open some hospitality venues, including pubs and hotels, from 4 July

11 May 2020 by

The government has confirmed an “ambition” to open some hospitality businesses, including “foodservice providers, pubs and[...]

Support must continue if hospitality to begin reopening under social distancing from July, operators say News

Support must continue if hospitality to begin reopening under social distancing from July, operators say

10 May 2020 by

Hospitality operators have stressed that support must continue if parts of the sector are to be[...]

Jeremy King launches voucher fundraiser to support staff following exclusion of tronc from furlough pay News

Jeremy King launches voucher fundraiser to support staff following exclusion of tronc from furlough pay

07 May 2020 by

Jeremy King has launched a voucher fundraiser to support employees who have been left in a[...]

SMEs may 'be hit by nasty bills from accidentally overclaiming’ on furlough applications News

SMEs may 'be hit by nasty bills from accidentally overclaiming’ on furlough applications

06 May 2020 by

Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are making errors on their applications for the government’s furlough[...]

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Chancellor: No 'cliff-edge' to the furlough scheme

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said that there will be no “cliff-edge” to the furlough scheme and that he is exploring the most effective way to wind it down."

05 May 2020 by
More support needed to avoid 'bloodbath of job losses' as scale of revenue hit revealed News

More support needed to avoid 'bloodbath of job losses' as scale of revenue hit revealed

29 April 2020
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The hospitality sector saw sales decline by 21.3% in the first quarter of 2020, as the coronavirus lockdown forced businesses to close.

D&D London’s Des Gunewardena lobbies for tronc inclusion in furlough scheme News

D&D London’s Des Gunewardena lobbies for tronc inclusion in furlough scheme

29 April 2020
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D&D London chairman and chief executive Des Gunewardena has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak today urging for tronc to be included in the UK’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

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