UKHospitality: extending licensing hours for King's Coronation would provide 'much-needed boost' for sector

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UKHospitality: extending licensing hours for King's Coronation would provide 'much-needed boost' for sector

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UKHospitality has backed the Government’s plans to extend licensing hours during the King’s Coronation celebrations in May.

The Government launched a public consultation in December on whether to relax licensing hours across England and Wales to mark His Majesty the King’s Coronation on the 6 May 2023.

The proposal would see licencing hours extended from 11pm to 1am between Friday 5 May and Sunday 7 May.

Responding to the Government’s consultation, UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls said: “The King’s Coronation will be a spectacle celebrated by millions and hospitality will no doubt be at the centre of a historic moment for the country.

“I’m pleased the Government is proposing to extend licensing hours and UKHospitality is fully behind the plans. Not only will it benefit customers, but it also means businesses will be able to trade for longer, increase footfall and generate additional sales.

“At a time when the sector has been ravaged by the cost of doing business crisis, as well as recruitment challenges and strike disruption, this extension would provide a much-needed boost and aid hospitality’s recovery.”

Charles III will be crowned on 6 May in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London.

Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Home Secretary to make a licensing hours order, giving permission to premises to open for specified, extended hours to mark occasions of exceptional international, national or local significance.

Licensing hours have also previously been extended for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last year; the FIFA World Cup in 2014; The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012; and the royal wedding in 2011.

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