All Legislation articles – Page 12
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NewsLockdown extended for three weeks
Lockdown will continue for at least another three weeks, with “light at the end of the tunnel” if certain criteria are met.
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NewsRestaurants and coffee shops first in line to reopen
Restaurants and coffee shops, as well as estate agents, could be the first to reopen, according to a report seen by ministers.
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NewsLondon czar calls for late night levy suspension
London night czar Amy Lamé has written to each of the capital’s local authorities requesting they suspend collection of annual licence and late-night levy fees for a year.
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NewsBeer duty deferment urged by BBPA
The Government should defer payments of beer duty due on 25 April for beer produced in March when pubs were forced to shut down, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has urged.
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NewsPizza Hut Restaurants: 15 sites under threat of legal action
Pizza Hut Restaurants has joined calls for a moratorium on debt enforcement after revealing that 15 of its sites are being threatened with or already subject to legal action by landlords.
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What have we learnt about the jobs retention scheme?
Howard Kennedy legal director Lydia Christie gives her verdict on the clarifications from the government on its jobs retention scheme.
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NewsDirectors protected against trading while insolvent
The UK government has announced changes to insolvency laws to prevent company directors being accused of wrongful trading.
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NewsHoward Kennedy: Rules of ‘financial Darwinism’ no longer apply
Unprecedented is a word that’s been used so much in the past few weeks it’s lost of much its intended impact. Yet it’s a reasonable claim from Chancellor Rishi Sunak that the package of emergency measures he introduced last week were indeed without precedent, not only for a Conservative government, ...
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NewsBBPA welcomes self-employed support package
The British Beer and Pub Association has welcomed the Government support package for the self-employed.
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NewsKerb: 'Lack of support for self-employed is our biggest anxiety'
Kerb, the operator behind six of London’s street-food markets, has announced a multi-faceted support campaign for its traders, but has said that further Government measures are needed to support the self-employed.
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NewsCommercial tenants protected from eviction
Commercial tenants who cannot pay their rent because of coronavirus will be protected from eviction, the government has announced.
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NewsThree-month protection for commercial tenants
The Chancellor is expected to announce protection from forfeiture for commercial property tenants, in a key win for hospitality campaigners.
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NewsJobs retention scheme hailed as ‘lifesaver’
The Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme has been hailed as an “extraordinary measure” by the government to keep millions of hospitality staff on the payroll – though it was warned it could be rendered meaningless if a forfeiture moratorium is not achieved this week.
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NewsJDW: ‘If pubs shut, the levels of Government support won’t matter’
Wetherspoon plans to keep pubs open “even under extreme duress,” as chairman Tim Martin warned that should they shut, the levels of Government support for employees will be inconsequential to job losses.
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NewsChancellor expected to announce employee support package today
The Chancellor is expected to announce an employment and wage subsidy package today following late-night talks with business groups and union leaders.
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News‘Realistically, landlords are at the back of the queue’
Calls are growing for the Government to create a six-month lease forfeiture moratorium to prevent landlords from evicting operators for non-payment of rent.
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NewsLondon faces lock down as tube stations close
Up to 40 stations on the London Underground network are to be shut as the Prime Minister prepares new restrictions in the capital to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
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NewsRevolution to cut payroll, hours and staff
Revolution Bars will have to reduce payroll costs, unprofitable trading sessions and ‘variable costs’ such as entertainment and door staff in order to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.
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NewsIndustry reaction: innovation, adaptation and closure
Following Tuesday’s Government advice, bars, restaurants and pubs have started implementing their own coronavirus mitigation measures. From innovative click-and-collect initiatives to a pre-empted ‘hibernation,’ here’s a roundup of some of the recent operator announcements.
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NewsDarwin & Wallace: ‘There’s going to be a huge human cost to this’
London-based bar and restaurant group Darwin & Wallace felt an immediate affect following the Government’s advice to avoid pubs, bars and restaurants yesterday, managing director Mel Marriot has told MCA.