The hospitality industry has reacted with a mixture of anger, confusion and dismay to the curfew that comes into effect tomorrow (Thursday 24 September) alongside other restrictions intended to slow the spread of Coronavirus.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is understood to be drawing up plans for a new wage subsidy programme to replace the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme (JRS) next month.
Wahaca's creditors are to write off millions of pounds of debt in a financial restructuring that will also see the group permanently close more than a third of its estate.
Gloria and Circolo Popolare owner Big Mamma is to launch a pizza-focused delivery-only brand called Napoli Gang that seeks to make things more equitable for both its own staff and delivery drivers.
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre operator Whitbread is to cut up to 6,000 jobs across its hotel and restaurant brands after a collapse in sales caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Welsh Independent Restaurant Collective (WIRC) has sent an urgent letter to the Welsh Government setting out the increasingly fragile financial position of the sector.
Thai Leisure Group is to enter in to its second Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in less than 12 months, after proposals were approved by creditors late last night (20 September).
Hospitality leaders have strongly rejected health secretary Matt Hancock’s suggestion that pubs and restaurants are one of the key places of Coronavirus transmission.
A round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including the extension to the lease forfeiture moratorium, the 10pm curfew in the North East, and the closure of Ace Hotel Shoreditch.
Star Pubs & Bars is experiencing 'a post-lockdown surge in experienced leased and tenanted applicants, with numbers reaching the same 'record-breaking' levels set last year.
