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Liz Truss: How can the UK PM help hospitality?
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Hospitality leaders share their thoughts on how Liz Truss, newly-appointed UK Prime Minister, can support the industry.
£1bn fund for UK hospitality businesses unveiled
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £1 billion fund for hospitality and leisure firms affected by the Omicron variant. The announcement comes as rising cancellations are reported by hospitality businesses. According to the government website, many have lost between 40 and 60 per cent of their December trade. The new fund will enable hospitality businesses in […]
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 […]
Calls for new support for struggling UK hospitality businesses
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Support grants for tourism businesses during the English and UK national lockdowns are needed, says Mark Simpson, the founder of hospitality and short stay rental accommodation marketing website, Boostly. The national lockdown announced across England has forced hospitality businesses to close [5 November – 2 December] although there are unanswered questions about essential travel. […]
Sunak announces new jobs scheme, extended VAT cut
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the government’s replacement for the UK furlough scheme, which will support the wages of workers who cannot return to work full time. The new Jobs Support Scheme will subsidise the pay of employees working lower hours, with those who can work a third of normal hours receiving 77 per cent […]
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. […]
STAA vice chair warns of “catastrophic” drop in consumer demand
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Representatives from the UK hospitality industry, including the vice chair of the UK Short Term Accommodation Association, Jean-Philippe Monod, have warned peers on the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee of concerning drops in consumer demand after the end of the summer holiday season, particularly in urban destinations. Speaking in Tuesday’s session alongside UK […]
New hospitality tracker sees first quarter sales drop by 21.3 per cent
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK hospitality sector saw sales decline by 21.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, as the country and the industry moved into Covid-19 lockdown, figures from the newly launched UKHospitality Quarterly Tracker reveal. In the most comprehensive analysis of the UK hospitality market ever undertaken, combining data from all sub-segments of hospitality, […]
“Existential threat” of coronavirus to hospitality
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Trade association UKHospitality (UKH) has called coronavirus an “existential threat” to the hospitality industry in a letter to Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The BBC has reported that in the letter, UKH chief executive Kate Nicholls suggested broader support for the hospitality sector, claiming that without help “a significant number of jobs” […]