Lockdown
No update on VAT cut or business rates holiday extension until March
The industry is to wait for the chancellor's budget in March for further financial support and news on whether the current VAT cut and business rates holiday will be extended.
January grants of up to £25,000 announced for Scottish hospitality
January top-up grants of up to £25,000 will be available to hospitality businesses across Scotland closed by level 4 restrictions, finance secretary Kate Forbes has announced.
Wake-up call: employers must ensure staff who self-isolate don’t lose out on pay
Takeaway alcohol ban cuts off 'lifeline' for pubs and restaurants
Hospitality businesses to receive grants worth up to £9,000
Inside track: let's speak with one voice, says Robin Hutson
Takeaway alcohol banned as England comes under lockdown until mid-February
Takeaway alcohol will be banned in England until the latest lockdown ends in mid-February, although alcohol[...]
Scotland to enter lockdown from midnight tonight
Mainland Scotland will enter a lockdown similar to that of March last year from midnight tonight[...]
Northern Ireland to enter six-week lockdown from Boxing Day
Northern Ireland hospitality venues will have to close from one minute past midnight on 26 December[...]
Changing restrictions are a lot to take in... or out, says Chantelle Nicholson
Offering takeaway solves the lockdown conundrum, but it presents its own problems too, says Chantelle Nicholson.
Drink-led pub and bar groups suffer 90% sales drop across November
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw sales wiped out in November as lockdown hit in England and tough trading restrictions continued in Scotland and Wales."
Ways to help you look after your mental health this Christmas
Christmas and New Year can be hard enough on the nerves without Covid-19 and its uncertainties. Whether you have existing mental health issues or are starting to feel more anxious or depressed, we have compiled a list of organisations that[...]
Northern Ireland: Restaurants to reopen but wet-led pubs to remain closed
Following Northern Ireland’s two-week circuit breaker lockdown, restaurants and hotels will reopen from 11 December.
Businesses in Birmingham and Manchester to remain closed as areas to enter Tier 3
Hospitality businesses in areas including Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol, Nottingham, Leicester and Lancashire will have to[...]
Fuller’s chair says the country needs hospitality fully open – and soon
Fuller’s chairman Michael Turner has said the country needs its hospitality businesses fully open again “for[...]
Hospitality excluded from nationwide Christmas plans
Travel and household mixing restrictions will be eased over Christmas, but restrictions on hospitality will remain[...]
Curfew replaced with 10pm last orders but tighter tier restrictions set for hospitality this winter
Boris Johnson has confirmed that the curfew will be replaced with a 10pm ‘last orders’ and[...]
‘Novelty’ of takeaway wears off for second Covid lockdown
The second national lockdown in England is proving tougher than the first for some hospitality operators who say a drop in demand for takeaways has made it impossible to keep trading."
‘Too late’ for hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland to reopen this weekend
Even if the Executive decides to lift restrictions on hospitality in Northern Ireland on 13 November, it is now too late for many businesses to reopen this weekend, said Hospitality Ulster.
Automatic takeaway permissions set to be extended to 2022
Restaurants, pubs and cafés will get automatic freedoms to provide takeaway services for another year until 23 March 2022, communities secretary Robert Jenrick is set to announce this week.
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