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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Survey says: most young people supported the Government's plan to make vaccine passports for club entry mandatory, a poll from YouGov found  (image: Getty/Tim Robberts)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[21 June: 'And the best the scientists can say at the moment, in their guidance to us, is that we just need to give it a little bit longer,' Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. (image: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street via Flickr)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Employment concerns: pubs have described difficulties in recruiting front of house staff to keep up with the added demands of Covid rules (image: Getty/Anton Vierietin)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Disappointment: 'We accept the need for caution as the country continues to navigate its way through the pandemic but that doesn’t negate the feeling of deflation for businesses,' the Scottish Licensed Trade Association's Colin Wilkinson said. (image: Getty/mrdoomits)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Closed for good: the research also found over 8,500 venues of Britain’s pre-Covid total have already shut permanently (image: Getty/amstockphoto)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Countdown to freedom: the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has urged the Government to lift all sector restrictions on 21 June (image: Getty/nautiluz56)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Glasgow lockdown: the Scottish city will remain in level three for at least another week (image: Getty/coleong)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Night time revival: businesses have described their concern about a delay to the roadmap after making investments ahead of 21 June (image: Getty/ jacoblund)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[What is my brief? ‘I have to deliver and enforce the pubs code as it is, and not as some may argue it should be’]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[21 June: health secretary Matt Hancock has said it is 'too early' to reassure businesses they will be able to operate with some normality next month (image: Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street via Flickr)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Variant hotspots: the Government has issued advice for eight areas of England including Leicester (pictured) to reduce travel and indoor socialising (image: Getty/trabantos)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Recruitment struggles: there has been an increase in hospitality job postings as the trade begins its pandemic recovery (image:Getty/Artranq)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Research undertaken: the survey polled operators from across the sector]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Sales results: just under 60% are not trading profitably at present, according to an industry survey (image: Getty/Hakinmhan)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Table service: it has been reported that the Government is keen to allow pub goers to order at the bar and scrap the 'one metre plus' social distancing rule next month (image: Getty/NatashaPhoto)]]></image:caption>
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