The hospitality sector has welcomed the Government's decision to reduce the isolation period in England for those who test positive for Covid-19 from seven days to five.
A leading hospitality trade group has called on the Government to further relax England's self-isolation rules, as businesses continue to wrestle with crippling staff shortages.
The Government's decision to tweak the NHS Covid-19 app so that fewer people will be asked to isolate will 'alleviate some pressure' on hospitality businesses, but the sector has warned it's 'not a silver bullet'.
UKHospitality has warned that hospitality 'faces a summer of venue closures and reduced service' as a result of self-isolation rules that are forcing thousands of workers to quarantine.
The Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG) has proposed a new process to guide businesses struggling to cope with the so-called ‘pingdemic’, which is forcing thousands of workers into self-isolation.
Hospitality is facing a shortage of more than 200,000 workers with vacancies across every business in the sector, according to new research from the UK’s leading industry trade bodies.
The end of Covid restrictions on 19 July has been dismissed as 'a complete fallacy' unless self isolation rules currently forcing hundreds of hospitality businesses to close are changed.
Hospitality could face a 'cancelled' summer after the Government announced that no changes will be made to Covid self isolation rules until the middle of next month.
