In a further escalation of the rolling partial lockdowns across the UK, the government is introducing Tier 2 restrictions on Londoners from midnight tomorrow (Friday 16 October), Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, announced in the Commons today.
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The UK drinks trade will have little to toast this Christmas trading period if restrictions on socialising become more onerous, with a fall in off-trade sales compounded by a further dramatic down-turn in the on-trade.
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The Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has reiterated its concerns for businesses that supply the hospitality sector.
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UK Hospitality (UKH) has welcomed the new support for closed hospitality businesses but said that support for others must go further, repeating its call for a much more comprehensive package of support for the whole sector to cover rent and other overheads.
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The number of licensed premises trading across Britain is down by nearly 25,000 on March levels as openings stall, according to the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners.
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Ahead of a possible vote in Parliament tomorrow, UK Hospitality (UKH) has urged MPs to rethink the 10pm curfew which is crippling hospitality businesses.
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The value of Austrian wine sales in the UK plummeted in the first six months of 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
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UK Hospitality (UKH) has welcomed the announcement that the government will expand post-18 education and training.
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The number of on-trade business leaders feeling confident about the general market has dipped to just 9% — half the level in June (16%), and a fraction of the four-year high of 60% at the start of this year, according to the latest Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth.
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Westminster City Council has extended the measures it implemented in early summer to help hospitality businesses continue trading until the end of October.
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LWC Drinks has launched a full-service order and pay solution to help the hospitality industry "stay safely connected” with its customers.
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Consumers will significantly reduce their visits to pubs, bars and restaurants in the light of the new government restrictions introduced last Thursday, according to new CGA research.
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Trade bodies have urged the government to provide more sector targeted support following Chancellor Sunak Rishi announcement of the Winter Economy Plan earlier today.
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Jascots Wine Merchants has strengthened its Spanish portfolio with three new producers.
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The industry has called on the government for immediate and wide-ranging support following the latest hospitality restrictions imposed on the on-trade.
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The planned introduction of a 10pm closure order could reverse the country’s economic recovery, the Centre of Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has warned.
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Food and drink sales fell back last week following the end of the Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme and fresh concerns about rising Covid infections, according to new CGA research.
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UK consumer confidence to eat out continues to rise, with 10 million more people visiting bars and restaurants in August over June, with an additional 2.4 million also likely to venture out for the first time during the next fortnight.
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Prominent restaurateurs joined Andrew Catchpole around a virtual table to discuss rebuilding trade in the new norm.
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UK Hospitality (UKH) has called on the governement to extend the furlough scheme for the hospitality industry as part of its response to the new Covid measures.
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