Coronavirus

Jun- 2020 -

3 June

Hiring continues to slowdown in as hospitality jobs and applications drop

Hiring has continued to slow down in the hospitality industry last month, with job vacancies dropping by 49.5% month-on-month, according to the latest job market data from CV-Library. The study looks at job market data throughout May and compares this with figures from the previous month (April 2020) and year…

3 June

Frankie and Benny’s to close ‘large number’ of sites

The Restaurant Group has reportedly told staff that a “large number” of Frankie and Benny’s sites will not reopen when lockdown lifts. According to an email seen by the BBC, the owners of the casual dining chain said that many sites are “no longer viable to trade and will remain…

3 June

Social distancing will end the restaurant as we know it

Overall, the UK government deserves praise for providing swift financial support to small businesses. Here at Bia Rebel we have availed ourselves of that support and in an attempt to keep our staff and customers safe we stayed closed. However, now that restrictions are being eased somewhat and everyone is…

2 June

Anti-Covid measures a necessity for majority of guests returning to pubs and restaurants

A majority of people want to see social distancing and sanitisation measures “overtly put in place” before then they will be comfortable to return to pubs and restaurants, new data has revealed. It comes after Service Monitor hosted an online focus group with a cross section of frequent pub and…

2 June

Hospitality trade bodies welcome FCA action

Leading hospitality bodies across the UK have issued a joint statement that “strongly” welcomes action the FCA has taken against insurers. It comes as the FCA yesterday (1 June) announced that eight leading insurers would be called upon to join a test case in the commercial court in order to…

2 June

KFC reopens 700 sites across UK & Ireland

KFC has revealed it has reopened 700 of its restaurants across the UK and Ireland amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The fried chicken chain temporarily closed all of its 950 sites in March as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown. However, the restaurant confirmed in a social media post that over…

1 June

Trade associations welcome evolution of furlough scheme

Hospitality trade associations have welcomed the “pragmatic” evolution of the governments furlough scheme announced by the chancellor. The new updates set out how employers will have to start sharing the cost of the scheme which will see employers pay National Insurance and pension contributions from August, then 10% of pay…

1 June

All pubs will need to be open for tapered furlough to work, says BBPA

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed some aspects of the new furlough scheme announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, including the additional flexibility and gradual tapering from August. However, the trade association has warned that for the tapered support to work, all pubs need to be open and…

May- 2020 -

29 May

Monthly pay for hospitality workers down 40%, says Fourth

The majority of furloughed hospitality workers could be earning “significantly less” than 80% of their normal earnings, according to the latest research by Fourth. In light of workers no longer receiving the average addition of 25% tronc to their monthly pay, workers are only receiving 60% of their usual wage…

28 May

Service sector sentiment plunges at ‘record pace’, CBI finds

Business optimism plunged across the service sector in the three months to May, according to the latest quarterly CBI Service Sector Survey. Following an uptick in sentiment over the previous quarter, optimism among business and professional services fell at the fastest pace since the financial crisis, while consumer services saw…