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UK hospitality industry calls for clarity amid lockdown speculation
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Hospitality operators have called for clarity amid talk that the UK Government is considering new lockdown restrictions, in light of the surge of Omicron variant cases. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hosting a Cabinet meeting today [20 December] in which further restrictions are likely to be discussed, including three potential options for action. It […]
Lifting of US – UK / EU travel ban due this November
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS / UK: President Joe Biden has confirmed that fully vaccinated UK and EU travellers will be allowed to travel to the US from November. The White House has confirmed that it will lift the 18 month ban on international travel, first introduced by Donald Trump at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. […]
Reopening plans unveiled for UK hospitality
Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled plans for the nation to exit lockdown in a “one-way road to freedom”, with hotels, pubs and restaurants permitted to open indoors from 17 May. Speaking to the Commons, Johnson delivered the government’s plans for the gradual easing of lockdown measures over the coming months. The success of […]
Johnson unveils post-lockdown “Covid winter plan” in England
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled the Government’s plans to restore the “three-tier system” when the lockdown in England ends on Wednesday 2 December, in a speech given in Parliament today. The Prime Minister confirmed that the national restrictions, which came into force on 5 November, would end as planned on 2 December […]
London to move to “high level” Tier Two restrictions from Saturday
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: The UK Government is placing the City of London under “high level” Tier Two restrictions, effective from midnight on Friday / Saturday morning, affecting around nine million citizens in the capital. Matt Hancock, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, warned the threat of Covid-19 remains “grave and serious” as he […]
England hospitality venues on curfew, face masks compulsory
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that hospitality venues such as pubs, bars and restaurants must close at 22:00 from Thursday, with staff obligated to wear face masks. The British government has tightened its restrictions on the rule of six in an effort to curb the climbing number of coronavirus cases across the country. […]
Tight lockdown restrictions to come into force in England
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Coming into force Monday 14 September, social gatherings of more than six people in England are to be banned by law following anxiety over the sharp rise in coronavirus cases, in a further tightening of lockdown restrictions. As of next week, a £100 fine can be issued by the police to those groups which exceed the […]
Hospitality sector worst hit by Covid-19 as UK enters “largest” recession
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Figures published today by the Office for National Statistics [ONS] have shown that the hospitality sector was hit worse than any other sector by the Covid-19 pandemic, which coincides with the UK falling into recession for the first time since the 2008 financial crash. Despite signs of a tentative economic recovery in June, when […]
UK conferences and exhibitions to go ahead from 1 October
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that conferences and exhibitions will be permitted to go ahead from 1 October 2020. In an address from Downing Street today, Johnson said the final decision on conferences and exhibitions would depend on infection data and that local authorities would have powers to close events if there was […]
“Urgent” support required for UK hospitality industry
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Industry leaders from around 120 UK hospitality and tourism businesses have warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the sector requires “urgent” support in order to prevent “widespread devastation”. The leaders and CEOs have signed an open letter urging the government to provide aid and investment for the sector, as well as reduced VAT, deferred […]