Tobacco Dock to offer socially distanced festive eating and drinking
Tobacco Dock’s rooftop venue Skylight is to offer a socially distanced festive eating and drinking experience over the Christmas period.
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Tougher tier restrictions could wipe out £7.8bn worth of trading in December
UKHospitality has warned that the landscape of the sector will be 'fundamentally degraded for the foreseeable future' if the Government fails to provide businesses with further financial support.
More than 31,000 hospitality businesses to remain closed in England under the tier system
More than 31,000 pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes will remain closed in England after the second national lockdown lifts on 2 December thanks to the Government’s tier system.
Government accused of making scapegoats of pubs with its restrictions
More than 50 UK pub and brewing businesses have written the Prime Minister saying that pubs are being ‘scapegoated’ and warning that they could be lost forever unless he takes action.
Macellaio RC's Roberto Costa to open Fulham restaurant and shop
Macellaio RC founder Roberto Costa is to open an eponymous restaurant and shop in Fulham on 3 December.
Large swathes of northern England face Tier 3 restrictions as London remains in Tier 2
Hospitality businesses across large swathes of northern England and the Midlands, including in Manchester, Lancashire, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leicester, will be forced to remain locked down under tougher Tier 3 restrictions.
UK pub market faces 61% decline in 2020
The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic will wipe £14bn from the pub sector in 2020, although the market is set to tentatively recover next year according to Lumina Intelligence.
Piccolino and The Restaurant Bar & Grill brands bought in £40m deal
Individual Restaurants, which owns the Piccolino, Restaurant Bar & Grill, Opera Grill and Bank high street restaurant brands, has been acquired by the directors of Iceland supermarket, in a transaction worth more than £40m.
Mitchells & Butlers axes 1,300 jobs
Harvester and All Bar One operator Mitchells & Butlers has confirmed 1,300 staff have been made redundant as a result of the impact to trade caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Fears for tiers - hospitality holds its breath as majority of England faces tougher restrictions
Most regions in England look set to be placed into the toughest two tiers of the Government's Coronavirus alert system with hospitality businesses bearing the brunt of the tougher restrictions.