£4.6 Billion In New Lockdown Grants To Support Businesses And Protect Jobs
Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are to receive a one-off grant worth up to £9,000, the Chancellor has announced.
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Prime Minister Announces New National Lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced new restrictions across the whole of England in an effort to prevent the spread of the new Covid-19 variant.
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Growth Reported In Fortified Wine Sales
Fortified wines enjoyed their best off-trade sales quarter for over 5 years.
Latest numbers from the WSTA’s Market Report show that over the 12 weeks to 3rd October 2020
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Company Voluntary Arrangements Rise By 375% With Hospitality Most Affected
Company Voluntary Arrangements in consumer facing sectors, which have been keenly exposed to the economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19, have increased by 375% year-on-year
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Restaurant Job Losses Up 163% In 2020
Across the restaurant and casual dining sector more than 1,600 restaurants undertook their final service in 2020 with almost 30,000 staff losing their jobs as the economic impact of Covid-19 took its toll.
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UKHospitality Comments on Tiers Announcement: “Act Now or Face Hospitality Bloodbath”
Commenting on yesterday’s (December 30) announcement by the Health Secretary, which will put the majority of England into either tier 3 or 4 from today,…
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National Pubwatch Chair Steve Baker Receives OBE in New Year’s Honours List
National Pubwatch chair Steve Baker has been honoured with an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for his services to reducing crime and improving…
Read more...UKHospitality Chief Kate Nicholls made an OBE in New Year Honours
UKHospitality CEO Kate Nichols has been made an OBE for her services to the hospitality sector, in particular during the current pandemic which is brought…
Read more...Consumer Spending Declined 7.1% in 2020 Amidst “Turbulent Time” for Hospitality
Consumer spending declined 7.1 per cent year-on-year in 2020 – as coronavirus restrictions impacted many sectors, with high-street retailers and hospitality hardest hit. Yet there…
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Tim Martin Stands By “Flawed Model” Comments
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin is standing firm on comments he made in a press release citing “a flawed model” and “inaccurate predictions” on the covid…
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80% Fall in Hospitality Christmas Takings
Restaurants, pubs and bars saw takings a fall in takings of almost 80% between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day as coronavirus restrictions forced thousands of…
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Gin Proves to be the Tonic for a Turbulent 2020
The latest WSTA market report reveals that combined sales of gin and flavoured gin in shops, supermarkets and online went up 22% in value, breaking…
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Three Quarters of England Placed into Tier 4 Lockdown from Midnight Tonight
Over 75% of England will be placed into Tier 4 from midnight tonight (December 30) after a huge surge in coronavirus infections prompted the government into…
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Over £3bn Wiped from UK’s Visitor Economy this Winter as Labour Calls for Ministers to Support Hospitality
Businesses that are part of the UK’s ‘visitor economy’ have missed out on more than £3bn this winter, new analysis by Labour reveals, as the…
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Drinks Sales Plummet to a Third of Last Christmas
Ongoing restrictions have driven drinks sales down to just a third of last year’s levels, CGA’s latest Drinks Recovery Tracker shows. Across Britain, outlet level…
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