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Ahead of the reopening of the hospitality sector in England tomorrow (4 July), UKHospitality has written an open letter to customers, welcoming them back after 15 weeks of lockdown.
With restaurants set to reopen this weekend, we round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week.
Al fresco dining spaces are set to pop up across the City of Westminster from tomorrow (4 July).
Hospitality operators are taking a cautious approach to reopening as just 59% of businesses plan to reopen some of their sites on 4 July, the new Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth has found.
Chefs including James Cochran, Michael Caines and Ravneet Gill have contributed to a downloadable cookbook that will raise money for two charities set-up to help Black and Ethnic Minority communities.
Shoreditch barbecue restaurant Smokestak re-opens its doors tomorrow with a simplified offer centred around meat cooked overnight sold by the 100g.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants is to launch first in a series of fundraising initiatives to help support the global hospitality industry as it emerges from the Coronavirus pandemic.
Kurobuta founder Scott Hallsworth's pan-Asian restaurant Freak Scene in London's Soho will not reopen post-Coronavirus lockdown.
Hospitality businesses are split over whether they think it is possible for them to collect customer details as laid out by the Government in its safety guidelines for the sector.
UKHospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) have published guidance to businesses on supporting the Government’s track and trace customer registration scheme.
The Welsh Government has said pubs, cafes and restaurants can begin to reopen from 13 July, providing Coronavirus cases continue to fall across the country.
The chef/restaurateur will reopen the doors at his Lympstone Manor on Saturday (4 July) as well as launch his Cornish beach front restaurant The Cove at Maenporth on the same day and has just announced he is taking on the former Rick Stein Restaurant in...
Market Halls says it has taken the decision to keep all three of its London sites closed while social distancing remains.