G-A-Y owner pushes ahead with curfew legal challenge after 'dither and delay' by Government
The owner of London’s G-A-Y nightclub in Soho is to proceed with his a legal challenge against the Government's 10pm curfew on hospitality businesses.
Archives for October 9, 2020
Government to pay two-thirds of workers' wages for businesses hit by lockdown
Rishi Sunak has announced that the Government will cover two-thirds of workers’ wages if their employer's business is forced to close as a result of local Coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
Flash-grilled: Adriana Cavita
Mexican-born chef Adriana Cavita, who previously cooked at El Bulli in Spain and Pujol in Mexico City (the latter currently ranked 12 on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list), is set to takeover the kitchen at Hotbox Shoreditch for a series of dinners...
Latest opening: Akoko
London’s West African dining scene can be considered well and truly shaken up following the arrival of this progressive Fitzrovia fine dining restaurant.
Friday Five: the week's top news
A particularly difficult week for the hospitality sector saw restaurants and pubs in central Scotland being ordered to close; rumours of lockdowns in the north; and Greene King announcing hundreds of redundancies.
CMA approves Carlsberg and Marston's merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has the cleared the proposed £780m merger of Marston’s brewing business with Carlsberg UK.
Hide's Hideaway spin-off to go permanent in Mayfair
Hide’s more casual spin-off Hideaway is to open a permanent site in Mayfair following successful pop-ups at Burlington Arcade and Chelsea Barracks last year.
Glasgow's Ubiquitous Chip owner calls on hospitality to demonstrate plight of workers
The owner of popular Glasgow restaurant Ubiquitous Chip is calling on the industry to come together to demonstrate the number of livelihoods that are at stake as a result of the Scottish Government’s latest restrictions on hospitality.
Products
Shopping Forecast: the latest product launches
This month's selection of product news stories includes a new standard for Irish beef and a multi-purpose non-chemical cleaning solution that has been proven to kill off coronaviruses.
Local lockdowns and 10pm curfew cause a slide in high street footfall numbers
Footfall in the UK’s high streets fell 34.6% year on year with the 10pm curfew having an impact on consumer numbers.
Ministers accused of using 'cobbled together' statistics to justify hospitality closures
MPs claim to have been shown 'meaningless' figures during a presentation by Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty to help 'retrospectively' prove need for closures of hospitality venues in the north.
Oakman Group records highest sales quarter in its history
The Oakman Group, which includes the Oakman Inns and Ashmore Inns pub brands, has recorded its highest sales quarter in the company’s history.
UKHospitality calls for new employment support to match previous furlough levels
Trade body UKHospitality has this morning (9 Ocotber) called for levels of employment support for hospitality to be in line with the previous furlough scheme.
Two thirds of hospitality operators will collapse in six months without support, says poll
Almost two thirds of hospitality operators now don’t believe they can survive the next six months of a 10pm curfew, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll.
Sunak set to introduce local furlough for businesses hit by lockdown
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce a local furlough scheme designed to support businesses in areas hit by local lockdowns.