Pubs and restaurants in Bolton will be able to reopen for dine-in customers from Saturday (3 October) following an easing of local Coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
Fuller’s has said Government advice to work from home where possible means the pub company will have to lay off 'at least' 10% of its 5,000-strong workforce.
Business Secretary Alok Sharma has defended the Government’s 10pm curfew enforced on restaurants and pubs in England, stating that it has provided “a lot of specific support” for the hospitality sector.
The respective leaders of Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester Council have warned that the North of England faces mass redundancies and boarded-up high streets unless Coronavirus restrictions are reviewed.
More than 100 UK hospitality businesses from across the sector have written directly to Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning that he must personally do more to help them.
Westminster City Council is extending the temporary measures it put in place to enable al fresco dining and hospitality across the borough until the end of October.
Pizza Hut's UK dine-in franchise business is to close 29 restaurants, putting 450 jobs at risk, after its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) was approved by creditors this afternoon (28 September).
Pressure is mounting on the Government to review its 'hard' 10pm curfew on hospitality businesses amid criticism the new rules are leading to people filling the streets en masse after visiting restaurants and pubs.
Restaurateurs have begun counting the financial cost of the Government’s decision to impose a 10pm operating curfew on hospitality, which came into force in England yesterday (24 September).
West End pub and restaurant landlord Shaftesbury has said it remains confident in the long-term prospects of its portfolio, despite collecting less than half of its owed rent in the past six months.
Various Eateries, the restaurant group founded by hospitality entrepreneur Hugh Osmond, has entered its first day of trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange today (25 September).
Night-time economy businesses have been left 'in exile' after the Chancellor's Winter Economy Plan failed to contain any extra support for late-night operators that still remain closed.
