All Legislation articles – Page 5
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NewsTightened tier system a “straitjacket on hospitality” and “will destroy sector”
The proposed tightened tiered system is a “straitjacket” on hospitality businesses and will destroy the sector if they go ahead, industry trade bodies have warned.
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NewsPubs and restaurants face tougher restrictions
Pubs and restaurants face tougher restrictions under the new tier system set to be announced by Boris Johnson today.
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News10pm curfew to be relaxed
Chancellor Rishi Sunak suggested the 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants will be lifted after lockdown, but warned that areas should prepare for tougher local restrictions.
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Analysis & InsightBouncing back after lockdown 2.0
Looking outside now at these dreary November days, the summer already feels like a different time.
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Analysis & Insight72% of hospitality businesses face closure in 2021
Almost three quarters (72%) of all hospitality businesses expect to become unviable and close in 2021 without additional support, sector trade bodies have warned.
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InterviewsVagabond MD Stephen Finch: Forced shutdown ‘almost preferable’ to previous restrictions
The restrictions imposed on hospitality in the past few months couldn’t have been more at odds with the concept of London-based bar group Vagabond Wines, managing director Stephen Finch has said.
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Analysis & InsightKate Nicholls: VAT cut extension more likely than new EOHO
The Treasury is more likely to extend the VAT cut in April than introduce a new Eat Out to Help Out scheme, Kate Nicholls has suggested.
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NewsStricter tiers needed to control virus
A stricter tier system that bans indoor socialising over winter will be needed to replace national lockdown next month, a government scientific adviser has warned.
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NewsSunak denies dropping hints on EOHO
Rishi Sunak has downplayed suggestions that he hinted plans to bring back the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
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NewsWetherspoons sales hit by 'baffling' and 'questionable' restrictions
Wetherspoons sales were significantly lower in October than previous months as the imposition of new restrictions took its toll, the business has revealed in a trading update today.
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InterviewsHugh Osmond: ‘If you want to prevent deaths, you start with the places people are likely to die’
Various Eateries director Hugh Osmond has criticised the government’s mass testing strategy as a “giant propaganda exercise,” arguing that ministers initially failed to utilise the approach where it could have had the biggest impact.
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NewsOperators call for EIS incentives to help rebuild sector
London hospitality operators including The Piano Works, Kerb and bar business Lolipop have called on government to adapt the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) to help rebuild the sector. In a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak seen by City AM, the businesses outlined proposals of an “equity alternative” to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, which would use tax relief to incentivise investors to support industry recovery.
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Analysis & InsightUKH: No sign of wavering on lockdown
There are no signs the government regrets its decision to order lockdown amid speculation Boris Johnson feels he was misdirected by the date, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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NewsStarmer calls for staggered closing times
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for a rethink of the 10pm hospitality curfew when lockdown ends in England.
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NewsWales relaxes lockdown rules
Groups of four people from different households will be allowed to meet indoors at pubs, cafes and restaurants after Wales’ firebreak lockdown ends.
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NewsGovernment makes partial u-turn on takeaway beer
The government has made a partial U-turn on its ban on takeaway beer from pubs during the lockdown in England.
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NewsHugh Osmond: Christmas 'already over’ for sector
Coppa Club backer Hugh Osmond has warned many hospitality venues will never reopen after lockdown on Thursday.
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NewsUKH: ‘Viability is on a knife-edge’
UK Hospitality has warned the cost of a second lockdown to hospitality businesses would be heavier than the first.
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NewsSunak extends furlough scheme
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a month-long extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme during the second lockdown.
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NewsLockdown announcement mired in chaos
Pubs, restaurants and other non-essential businesses will be forced to close from Thursday 5 November for a month after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a second national lockdown.