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‘Exhaustive package of financial support’ essential as industry faces six months of restrictions

22 September 2020 by

An “exhaustive package of financial support” will be essential if hospitality businesses are to survive and preserve jobs through six months of further restrictions on trade, UKHospitality has told the government.

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Curfew of 10pm and table service restriction for restaurants and pubs in England

22 September 2020 by

A 10pm curfew for all pubs, bars and restaurants and compulsory table service will come into effect from Thursday across the whole of England, the prime minister will announce this evening.

Hospitality shouldn’t pay the price for government failings, operators say News

Hospitality shouldn’t pay the price for government failings, operators say

21 September 2020 by
Local curfew restrictions will 'scare everybody off', restaurant operators warn News

Local curfew restrictions will 'scare everybody off', restaurant operators warn

17 September 2020 by
Around one million hospitality jobs at risk of redundancy if furlough is not extended News

Around one million hospitality jobs at risk of redundancy if furlough is not extended

15 September 2020 by
Government must act over rent crisis to prevent ‘hospitality bloodbath’ News

Government must act over rent crisis to prevent ‘hospitality bloodbath’

14 September 2020 by

Cross-party support voiced for long-term reduction in tourism VAT News

Cross-party support voiced for long-term reduction in tourism VAT

11 September 2020 by

UKHospitality has welcomed cross-party support for a long-term reduction in tourism VAT expressed in yesterday afternoon’s[...]

Brewdog and the Ivy partner with HospitalityUnite to champion ‘homegrown talent’ News

Brewdog and the Ivy partner with HospitalityUnite to champion ‘homegrown talent’

10 September 2020 by

A new website connecting hospitality operators with young people eligible for the government’s Kickstart scheme has[...]

Eat Out to Help Out serves up £250m in financial benefits to government, trade bodies say News

Eat Out to Help Out serves up £250m in financial benefits to government, trade bodies say

09 September 2020 by

The Eat Out to Help Out scheme served up £250m in financial benefits to government, as[...]

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[...]

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UKHospitality hits back at new calorie and salt reduction targets

UKHospitality has hit back after Public Health England set out new calorie and salt reduction targets for the industry, despite businesses facing acute threats to their survival. "

07 September 2020 by
Eat Out to Help Out extensions divide opinion News

Eat Out to Help Out extensions divide opinion

24 August 2020
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Operator-funded extensions to the Eat Out to Help Out scheme have divided opinion, with some arguing the industry's survival should not be built on discounting.

Operators urged to 'bear down' on guidelines for quickest recovery News

Operators urged to 'bear down' on guidelines for quickest recovery

20 August 2020
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UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has said the industry must ensure social distancing does not become the "new normal" and has called for operators to stick to government guidelines, however "frustrating", in order to recover from the crisis as quickly[...]

‘No-win situation' for fully booked operators in customer firing line over Eat Out to Help Out News

‘No-win situation' for fully booked operators in customer firing line over Eat Out to Help Out

18 August 2020 by

Operators have been bearing the brunt of would-be diners’ frustrations at finding restaurants fully booked during[...]

UKHospitality calls for investigation into 'immoral' energy market News

UKHospitality calls for investigation into 'immoral' energy market

11 August 2020 by

UKHospitality is calling on the government and Ofgem to investigate energy firms hitting hospitality businesses with[...]

Trade bodies unite to issue plea for grants to cover 50% of unpaid rents News

Trade bodies unite to issue plea for grants to cover 50% of unpaid rents

10 August 2020 by

Trade bodies have issued a plea for government intervention in the rent crisis, calling for the[...]

More than three-quarters of hospitality businesses at risk of insolvency as sector left in ‘truly desperate position’ News

More than three-quarters of hospitality businesses at risk of insolvency as sector left in ‘truly desperate position’

04 August 2020 by

More than three-quarters of hospitality businesses in the UK are at risk of insolvency within the[...]

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London operators need support after being hit by 'triple whammy' warns UKHospitality

UKHospitality has described the loss of inbound tourism, leisure and business travel in London as a “triple whammy” for hospitality, with the capital hit “more deeply and for longer” than other parts of the UK. "

03 August 2020 by
Hospitality industry loses £30b of sales in the second quarter of 2020 News

Hospitality industry loses £30b of sales in the second quarter of 2020

27 July 2020
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The UK’s hospitality sector saw sales plummet 87% in the second quarter of 2020 – equivalent to nearly £30b in lost revenue, according to the latest UKHospitality Tracker collated by CGA.

Consumers signal overwhelming approval for measures put in place by pubs, restaurants and bars News

Consumers signal overwhelming approval for measures put in place by pubs, restaurants and bars

27 July 2020
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Almost half of people who have visited pubs, restaurants and bars in the last two weeks have said the experience felt “different", but 94% said they were happy with the safety steps put in place and an overwhelming 96% were[...]

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