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Business evictions ban extended until March 2021

09 December 2020 by

Business owners will be protected from eviction, and insolvency measures restricting statutory demands and winding-up petitions have been extended, until the end of March 2021.

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Hospitality could face ‘new year bloodbath’ of businesses unless rent moratoria are extended

04 December 2020 by

UKHospitality is warning that the sector is on a countdown to a devastating rent tipping point that will trigger a new year bloodbath of hospitality business failures and potentially hundreds of thousands more jobs lost.

Calls for tier changes as 72% of hospitality businesses say they expect to close next year News

Calls for tier changes as 72% of hospitality businesses say they expect to close next year

19 November 2020 by

Around 72% of hospitality businesses expect to become unviable and close in 2021, according to a[...]

Call for clarity on reopening date as industry burns through £500m 'to stay closed' News

Call for clarity on reopening date as industry burns through £500m 'to stay closed'

17 November 2020 by

The government urgently needs to clarify whether hospitality will reopen in December as the sector is[...]

Kate Nicholls: Growing rent debt is 'single biggest issue' facing hospitality News

Kate Nicholls: Growing rent debt is 'single biggest issue' facing hospitality

06 November 2020 by

Growing rent debt is the “single biggest issue” facing hospitality and will “cripple” the sector without[...]

‘Huge question marks’ surround study claiming Eat Out to Help Out saw increase in Covid-19 cases News

‘Huge question marks’ surround study claiming Eat Out to Help Out saw increase in Covid-19 cases

30 October 2020 by

The Eat Out to Help Out scheme caused a “significant” rise in new infections, researchers have[...]

Calls to scrap 'unnecessary' late-night levy as curfew hits trade News

Calls to scrap 'unnecessary' late-night levy as curfew hits trade

27 October 2020

Hospitality trade bodies are calling on the government to freeze a tax on late-night venues, as many businesses are still being charged despite having to close at 10pm.

‘Extremely low’ hospitality transmission rates highlight ‘unjustified’ restrictions News

‘Extremely low’ hospitality transmission rates highlight ‘unjustified’ restrictions

26 October 2020

“Extremely low” transmission rates, which have seen just 0.0003% of customers notify businesses of Covid-19 cases, have renewed calls for governments to rethink their restrictions on hospitality.

Hospitality industry to protest outside parliament this morning News

Hospitality industry to protest outside parliament this morning

19 October 2020 by

Hospitality workers are to descend on Westminster this morning to protest against the successive blows restrictions[...]

More than a hundred industry leaders warn prime minister of catastrophic job losses ahead in 'bleakest of winters' News

More than a hundred industry leaders warn prime minister of catastrophic job losses ahead in 'bleakest of winters'

30 September 2020 by

More than a hundred business leaders have told the prime minster hundreds of thousands of jobs[...]

Hospitality giants join forces to support those struggling to find work News

Hospitality giants join forces to support those struggling to find work

28 September 2020 by

Hospitality industry bodies including Springboard, Hospitality Action, UKHospitality, the Institute of Hospitality and the Savoy Educational[...]

Pubs fight for survival with further 540,000 jobs at risk News

Pubs fight for survival with further 540,000 jobs at risk

24 September 2020 by

Pubs are “teetering on the edge” of survival, with a further 540,000 jobs at risk, the[...]

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

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

22 September 2020

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.

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

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

22 September 2020

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.

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