New research has found 90 per cent of independent restaurants face the risk of permanent closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The hospitality sector has been battered since the first national lockdown was implemented across the UK in March 2020, and it remains closed today. Many have taken to introducing delivery and takeaway services or … Read more
Confident: Sarah Willingham is banking on a big return for hospitality Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Sarah Willingham has four children dotted around the house doing lessons on their iPads and laptops during our interview, but she’s surprisingly relaxed about home-schooling. When her youngest child, Marly, was five, she took her whole family out of school for … Read more
Police probe hospitality chief’s ‘illegal NYE party’ at four-star Harrogate hotel where he ‘partied with 10 friends’ with staff ‘forced to serve them all drinks and breakfast the following morning’ Police and council are probing reports of the party at the four-star hotel Managing Director Simon Cotton was said to have hosted the Harrogate event … Read more
Business owner Justin Gilchrist can appreciate the irony, albeit through gritted teeth. His company, South Catering, is not eligible for any of the Government’s hospitality grants. Before the pandemic hit, the Manchester-based business was one of the leading caterers for corporate launches, conferences and meetings in the North West. Now business is at a standstill. … Read more
The hospitality sector has shared its outrage over being unfairly scapegoated when Covid-19 infections rose last year and has called for its own designated minister. Next Monday will see parliament discuss the Seat at the Table’s campaign’s petition, after it received almost double the required signatures it needed to get it there. The campaign has … Read more
British black and Asian workers suffering disproportionately from hospitality shutdown, says think-tank One in twelve ethnic minority workers are employed in the hospitality industry Report notes there are differences between individual BAME ethnic groups Indian workers had the highest average earnings of any group at £8.96 By Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 15:30 … Read more
Revellers in York hit the streets of the Tier 2 city centre last night amid warnings that more than 30,000 hospitality businesses are at high risk of permanently closing before the end of the year. Small groups of young people wearing face masks flocked to pubs and bars in the two northern town for a … Read more
Hospitality industry is facing ‘hugely damaging’ Covid-19 restrictions… but figures reveal it accounts for just 3% of cases Figures show that just 128 of 4,687 outbreaks across England linked to bars Industry leaders said measures against hospitality businesses ‘extremely poor’ Government made no reference to £500m measures to make pubs secure By Richard Marsden for the … Read more
Rishi Sunak rejects plea by Sadiq Khan to bail out London’s hospitality industry after it was plunged into Tier 3 lockdown Sadiq Khan demanded extra support for pubs and restaurants amid job loss fear The Treasury said Mr Sunak had already announced support for hospitality firms Theatre bosses said new rules, forcing them to close venues, … Read more
Liberte! Parisians finally enjoy freedom after six weeks of lockdown but they still face 8pm curfew and a bar and restaurant ban until January Revellers enjoyed rides at Christmas Village at Hotel de Ville in Paris last night But hospitality workers also protested in capital over festive season opening ban Police officers also protested in … Read more