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      <image:caption><![CDATA['Immediate amendment': 'we fear that thousands of pubs will never be able to repay the extortionate rent unfairly accrued during Covid-19,' Tracy Brabin MP writes]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['Landmark moment': Members of Scottish Parliament have passed The Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill heralding the creation of a statutory pubs code and an independent adjudicator role]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Grant funding: the self-employed income support scheme (SEISS) covers loss of income due to the coronavirus pandemic (image: Getty/Scott O'Neill)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Year long measures: pubs have been closed or operating with restrictions in place due to the pandemic since March 2020 (image: Getty/alano design)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Lockdown live: The Morning Advertiser will bring you the latest updates and reactions to lockdown news impacting the pub sector (image: Getty/AndresGarciaM)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Legal duties: The pubs code is there to make sure that any new tied tenants go in with their eyes wide open because they have full disclosure from their pub company]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Lockdown grants: pubs will soon be able to receive one-off cash funding of up to £18,000 (image: Getty/Baloncici)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Legal challenge: it is unfair that indoor hospitality cannot reopen at the same time as non-essential retail, according to a duo of trade leaders (image: Getty/Douglas_Freer)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Scottish lockdown: trade bodies have urged the Government to reassess limits on selling alcohol indoors and curfews (image: Getty/Coleong)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Lockdown easing: First Minister for Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has outlined a timeframe out of measures for the pub sector (image: Rebeccalu, Getty Images)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Industry opinion: the poll also quizzed operators on the impact of the Budget announcement and state aid cap rise]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Safety: UKHospitality has welcomed a pilot scheme that would see undercover officers patrol pubs in a fresh attempt to reassure women (image: Getty/AmArtPhotography)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[More needed: British Beer & Pub Association boss Emma McClarkin has called on the Government to provide further support to wet-led pubs]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Levels system: Scottish trade bodies have slammed the tiered system of restrictions and said pubs need a system that makes it worth reopening (image: Getty/Asvolas)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Lockdown lifting: the Welsh Government has said it cannot give the pub sector a 'definitive date' for reopening (image: bahadir-yeniceri, Getty Images)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Reopening plans: operators have been urged to consult newly-updated reopening guidance ahead of beer gardens reopening next month (image: Tony Baggett, Getty Images)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['Welcome news': 'A lower rate for longer would have sped up the recovery but good to have the long-term route map.' UKH chief executive Kate Nicholls stated]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Capital gains: 'I am determined to do everything I can to help our great city recover as quickly as possible from this appalling pandemic,' Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Ready and waiting: the Government is set to announce how the country will be unlocked from restrictions next week (Monday 22 February)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['Playing politics': 'We are exasperated at the obvious lack of interest and respect we are getting from this Government,' Young’s CEO Patrick Dardis said]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Lockdown live: The Morning Advertiser will bring you the latest coronavirus news for pubs (image: Simon Dawson No 10 Downing Street via Flickr)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Sector devastation: 'After nearly a year of being forced to close, or open but under severe restrictions, the numbers will come as no surprise to publicans across the country for whom the real, material impact of these numbers are being felt,' a BBPA spokesperson says]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Minister meeting: 'I hope that the Prime Minister himself will consider their request that he creates a minister for hospitality to oversee Government delivery for this crucial diverse sector,' McKinnell said]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Booze ban: allowing pubs to reopen but prohibiting the sale of alcohol to be consumed on site is reportedly something minister are considering]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['No known rules': 'at the moment there is not even a shred of guidance as to what will happen after the vaccinations,' Lion Krakover of Sputnik in Tel Aviv said]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[International reputation: 'Nightclubs have made a huge contribution to our culture sector and are renowned globally,' NTIA boss Michael Kill says]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Sector representation: 'will the Government at least consider an interim position which could then be made permanent if it were found to be working well?' Baroness Sanderson of Welton asked]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Further aid: the Government has been urged by a variety of trade organisations to extend financial support for the sector]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[State say so: the Government is expected to make an announcement on its exit strategy from lockdown later this month]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['Battling for survival': UKHospitality's Kate Nicholls says hospitality can drive future economic growth if supported through lockdown ]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Potential impact: The Morning Advertiser delves into the legal implications should pubs break lockdown rules, which could result in large fines]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Survey says: the poll asked operators if they would prefer to open earlier with restrictions in place or later with no restrictions]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Scotland relief: businesses 'need reassurance now, in this third lockdown, that the Government still has their back and is invested in them – as the Scottish Government has done,' chief executive of the Scottish Beer & Pub Association and the British Beer & Pub Association, Emma McClarkin, says]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Trade body voice: 'Hospitality venues are not the hotbeds of infection many people have arbitrarily chosen to portray,' UKHospitality boss Kate Nicholls says]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Government announcement: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said there will be more financial support revealed at the Budget in five weeks' time]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2021/01/27/The-Morning-Advertiser-Lock-In-podcast-episode-11/</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2021/01/26/How-do-pubs-code-rights-apply-when-a-pub-is-sold/</loc>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Our 2020 numbers show an overall reduction of 381 in regulated tied pub estates to 8,745 compared with the previous year]]></image:caption>
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