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Friday Five: the week's top news stories

27-Nov-2020 By Stefan Chomka

We round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including Sat Bains launching a Punjabi food business; and hospitality businesses having to face tier 2 and 3 restrictions.

Hospitality businesses in Wales face tougher restrictions in the run up to Christmas

27-Nov-2020 By BigHospitality

Restaurants, pubs and bars in Wales will face stricter lockdown restrictions in the run up to Christmas but will receive further Government support.

The Double Red Duke restaurant with rooms to open next year

27-Nov-2020 By BigHospitality

Husband and wife duo Sam and Georgie Pearman will open gastropub The Double Red Duke in February next year with help from Hawksmoor and PittCue veteran Richard Turner.

G-A-Y owner orders in McDonald's to keep trading

27-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The owner of Soho nightclub G-A-Y Heaven is planning to re-open on 5 December by serving meals purchased from a nearby McDonald’s.

Flash-grilled: Gaia Enria

27-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

The Italian-born founder of Burro e Salvia, which opened on Redchurch Street, Shoreditch in 2013, on leading the current fresh pasta craze in the capital and how a trip to Modena changed her life.

Alexandre Santamaria: “The curfew was worse than the lockdown”

27-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The co-owner of Notting Hill’s Cha Cha X Sister Jane on being an international restaurant consultant in the time of Covid-19 and his Japanese dark kitchen business Oro.

Arran-based Auchrannie Resort to remain closed until 29 January

27-Nov-2020 By BigHospitality

Hotel and restaurant Auchrannie Resort on the Isle of Arran will not reopen until 29 January because of the Coronavirus restrictions imposed on the area, its owners say.

Majority of hospitality operators say they cannot operate in tier 2

27-Nov-2020 By BigHospitality

A majority of hospitality operators believe they will not be able to operate under the revised tier 2 restrictions, that will come into force on 2 December.

Tobacco Dock to offer socially distanced festive eating and drinking

26-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Tobacco Dock’s rooftop venue Skylight is to offer a socially distanced festive eating and drinking experience over the Christmas period.

Tougher tier restrictions could wipe out £7.8bn worth of trading in December

26-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

UKHospitality has warned that the landscape of the sector will be 'fundamentally degraded for the foreseeable future' if the Government fails to provide businesses with further financial support.

More than 31,000 hospitality businesses to remain closed in England under the tier system

26-Nov-2020 By BigHospitality

More than 31,000 pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes will remain closed in England after the second national lockdown lifts on 2 December thanks to the Government’s tier system.

Government accused of making scapegoats of pubs with its restrictions

26-Nov-2020 By BigHospitality

More than 50 UK pub and brewing businesses have written the Prime Minister saying that pubs are being ‘scapegoated’ and warning that they could be lost forever unless he takes action.

Macellaio RC's Roberto Costa to open Fulham restaurant and shop

26-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Macellaio RC founder Roberto Costa is to open an eponymous restaurant and shop in Fulham on 3 December.

Large swathes of northern England face Tier 3 restrictions as London remains in Tier 2

26-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Hospitality businesses across large swathes of northern England and the Midlands, including in Manchester, Lancashire, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leicester, will be forced to remain locked down under tougher Tier 3 restrictions.

UK pub market faces 61% decline in 2020

26-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic will wipe £14bn from the pub sector in 2020, although the market is set to tentatively recover next year according to Lumina Intelligence.