Regulations & Policies

North-East restaurateur banned for tax abuse

A Sunderland restaurant boss has been disqualified from running companies for seven years after owing tax authorities £130,000. Church View Restaurant Ltd was incorporated in July 2014 and traded as Ministers Restaurant on Church View, Sedgefield, in Stockton on Tees. Abdul Amin, was the sole director of the company and…

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Sacha Lord warns Manchester hospitality could take five years to recover

Greater Manchester’s evening hospitality economy could reportedly take “five years to recover” from Covid-19, according to the area’s night-time economic advisor Sacha Lord. According to the BBC, Lord said One in ten night-time businesses could permanently close in the area, and 80% of restaurants have reportedly planned on making redundancies.…

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Government urged to reevaluate lockdown restrictions

Sacha Lord, the night time economy advisor for Greater Manchester, has urged parliament to reassess its latest lockdown measures. In a letter to the government legal department, Lord picked upon the “insufficient level of detail” provided by the study used to back up lockdown measures. He also called upon three…

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Mercato Metropolitano reopens after forced closure

Mercato Metropolitano, a street market based in South London, has reopened after being forced to close by police on 2 November.  Earlier in the week, police temporarily shut the popular food destination a few days before England’s second national lockdown after customers were seven minutes late to leave the venue.…

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Minister for Hospitality petition gains over 37,000 signatures

A petition calling for the Government to create a minister for hospitality has gathered 37,700 signatures since its creation. The online petition, made in reaction to the current Covid-19 restrictions and upcoming lockdown, asks for a dedicated minister who would liaise with industry representatives. Currently, the UK hospitality industry creates…

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Manchester hospitality sector slams ‘insufficient’ government response

Hospitality leaders in Greater Manchester, led by the region’s night time economy advisor Sacha Lord, are continuing legal proceedings against the introduction of Tier 3 restrictions after receiving an “insufficient” government response. The group has previously said the decision has no scientific basis and will “recklessly destroy” the region’s hospitality…

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Government enforces music ban on pubs

Loud music, singing and dancing have all been banned under new emergency Covid-19 laws. Under the new legislation, pubs and restaurants are not allowed to play music which exceeds 85 decibels. These new measures state landlords and venue owners must take ‘‘all reasonable measures’’ to stop singing and dancing by…

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Hospitality associations claim chancellor’s plan ‘doesn’t go far enough’

Leading hospitality associations UKH and BBPA have “expressed relief” at “some elements” of the chancellor’s new Winter Economy Plan but added they are concerned jobs remain “at serious risk.” The new “Job Support Scheme” announced yesterday follows the “devastating” additional restrictions for the hospitality sector revealed earlier in the week.…

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Quarter of hospitality businesses likely to collapse without support, survey finds

One quarter of hospitality businesses believe they may collapse in the next three months if they do not receive further government support, according to the latest survey from industry leaders. Pub and hospitality trade bodies, British Beer and Pub Association, UKHospitality and British Institute of Innkeeping, held a survey of…

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TUC calls for ‘smarter, targeted version’ of furlough scheme

Representatives of the TUC and Cambridge Econometrics have called for the government to seek more industry counsel and create a “new and improved” furlough scheme, in order to support affected businesses through the latest restrictions. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Andrew Sentance, senior advisor to Cambridge Econometrics and…

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