MA's Review of the Week
Furlough scheme investment ‘wasted’ if we lose jobs now
The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington speaks with Titanic Brewery director Keith Bott to discuss the big issues from the pub sector this week.
Further reading:
- Thousands more pubs plunged into tier 3 - Many more pubs will be forced to close for Christmas, with the exception of offering takeaways, as eight more regions are moved into tier three.
- Hospitality worst hit sector for job losses - The hospitality industry has been the hardest hit by redundancies this year, latest official figures have found.
- Seasonal goodwill or small beer: What financial support is available to Britain’s pubs this winter? - Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a £1,000 spur for England’s “wet pubs” ahead of a Commons vote on new Covid-secure tiers, The Morning Advertiser rounds up what funding is available across the UK.
- Furlough extended to end of April 2021 - The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended by a further month to the end of April 2021, the Chancellor has announced.
- Almost three quarters of Brits believe hospitality has been harshly treated amid pandemic - New research has claimed that the majority of the British public sympathise with hospitality business operators over the way they’ve been treated during the Covid-19 crisis.
- Tier drop: what impact could the new Covid-19 alert system have on pubs? - The day after another 696 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded across the UK – the highest daily total since start of May – the Government has cooked up a new three-tiered trifle to force feed the embattled on-trade.
