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Two thirds of hospitality businesses have said they won’t survive if the Government doesn’t approve a rent holiday. A survey of 211 pubs, bars, restaurants, cafés and street-food vendors, conducted by industry analysists KAM Media, found that 66 per cent of respondents did not think they could survive a further three months of lockdown measures. […]
The charity Springboard has launched a £500,000 appeal to raise funding for food and drink manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors in order to support disadvantaged people when the hospitality industry comes out of the Covid-19 crisis. A letter has been sent to 90 of the UK’s biggest food businesses asking them to donate either £25,000, £10,000, […]
An extended period of social distancing measures could cost one million jobs unless measures to protect hospitality businesses are put in place, according to UKHospitality. On the day that Professor Chris Whitty warned that social distancing measures could last beyond 2020, UKHospitality wrote to Cabinet Office Minister, Michael Gove MP, recommending a six-point plan to […]
The team at the Cricketers on the Green, in Pirbright, Surrey, have developed non-profit essential grocery boxes for those in need. The boxes are distributed safely from the pub car park and are available on a first come, first serve basis. Delivery is also an option. The boxes are designed for two or four people […]
M Restaurants will host a special dinner for NHS doctors and nurses, as well as their partners, to celebrate the end of the coronavirus pandemic. At M Theadneedle St, group CEO Martin Williams will host a celebratory evening post-lockdown, slated for September 28. Williams said: “I am delighted that we are able to show our […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics writing about, for the week ending 19 April 2020; the country is in lockdown, with restaurants, cafes and bars officially closed a month ago, due the coronavirus outbreak. You can still support your local and favourite restaurants, though – many are offering takeaways or […]
Carluccio’s, which last month collapsed into administration, has been granted more time so that its employees can be furloughed. This week, a high court judge extended the time limit for the administrators to act after the “overwhelming majority” of the company’s 2,000-plus employees agreed to be furloughed, whereby 80 per cent of their salary will […]
The City of Glasgow College’s training restaurant has been granted an AA highly commended rosette after impressing judges. Scholars, which helps educate and make ready hospitality students for the industry, has become the only college restaurant in Scotland to receive the award. It has been given the accolade in recognition of the quality of food […]
Mary Quicke, the founder of the artisan cheese maker Quicke’s, has written an open letter to the British public calling for their support during the coronavirus crisis. Quicke said the country’s independent producers are under serious threat and need help if they are to survive – and we are to preserve the eclectic, rich and […]
The celebrity chef Yotam Ottolenghi has warned of “tremendous” damage to the country’s prized restaurant industry unless the Government takes urgent action to defer rent payments. The TV presenter, food writer, and restaurateur, who has six sites in London, said the rent bill was “the biggest worry” for most owners during lockdown. Ottolenghi told Radio […]
