Voices in the pub sector have urged the Government to do more to protect on-trade jobs amid speculation the Government could introduce further restrictions on the sector.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has urged the Government to extend its business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses by a further year amid fears of tens of thousands of job losses.
It is a requirement for pubs and bars to ask customers for their contact information as of today (Friday 18 September), with fines of up to £4,000 for businesses that fail to comply.
The majority of hospitality business operators expect the Government’s ‘rule of six’ to have a negative impact on trade when entering autumn, new figures have revealed.
The latest hospitality jobs data has found that while the Government-backed Eat Out to Help Out scheme saw a 44% increase in scheduled hours in August, hundreds of thousands of the sector’s jobs remain at risk.
At least 900,000 people working in hospitality face losing their job without a tailored support package, one of the sector's trade associations has warned.
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Operators including JD Wetherspoon, Robinsons and Hall & Woodhouse all provided updates on seven-figure pub projects, while Elisabeth Murdoch is reportedly looking to restore Koko in Camden.
The High Court has backed insurance policyholders in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA)’s business interruption insurance test case, offering a 'huge lifeline' for embattled pub, bar and restaurant operators.
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The hospitality sector will witness a rise in job losses once the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) ends next month (October), a labour expert has warned.
