Regulations
Reporting focuses on legal and compliance developments affecting restaurants, pubs, caterers, and hospitality operators, including food safety rules, employment law, environmental standards, licensing, labelling, and allergen requirements. Coverage offers practical guidance and analysis to help businesses stay compliant, manage risk, and adapt operations in line with evolving national and local policies.
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Jan- 2021 -7 JanuaryCoronavirus
Northern Ireland’s wet pubs receive £10m support package
Northern Ireland’s economy minister, Diane Dodds has announced a £10.6m relief fund for ‘wet bars’ that lost out due to Covid-19 restrictions in the summer months. The support is aimed at the “hardest hit” traditional pubs which do not serve food and were therefore forced to close between 4 July…
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Dec- 2020 -17 DecemberNews
Revolution Bars swings to £32m loss in full-year results
Revolution Bars Group, the city centre bar chain that trades as Revolution and Revolución de Cuba, has announced a statutory loss before tax of £31.7m for the full-year ended 27 June 2020. The group, which had operated over 74 properties at the period end, also saw total revenue fall from…
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8 DecemberCoronavirus
Hospitality Ulster: Keeping traditional pubs closed ‘unfair and unjust’
Northern Irish trade group Hospitality Ulster has condemned the local government’s decision to keep traditional pubs closed, ahead of the county’s hospitality businesses reopening on Friday (11 December). Earlier this month, government officials at Stormont confirmed that while restaurants and hotels that can serve a substantial meal will be able…
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4 DecemberCoronavirus
Slough restaurant fined for Covid breach
The Grill Garden in Slough has been fined £1000 after being found by local council officers to be open during lockdown. According to council reports, officers from the licensing team and Thames Valley Police visited Grill Garden on 13 November 2020 and found the “business open as a restaurant” with…
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2 DecemberNews
50,000 licensed premises to remain shut
As many as 50,000 licensed premises could reportedly keep their doors closed as lockdown restrictions lift and a new tiered system comes into effect in England. The findings come from the latest Market Recovery Monitor report from CGA and AlixPartners, which revealed the challenges facing restaurants, pubs, bars and other…
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Nov- 2020 -30 NovemberCoronavirus
JD Wetherspoon boss slams ‘reckless’ government
JD Wetherspoon chairman, Tim Martin has hit out at the latest tier system, arguing that the government has “effectively closed all pubs”. In a letter addressed to UK MP’s Martin has said “it is a fallacy” that pubs will reopen on Wednesday 2 December, adding that this is the first…
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30 NovemberCoronavirus
Pubs and restaurants to receive additional Government funding
Boris Johnson is set to announce extra cash relief for pubs and restaurants affected by the three-tier Covid restrictions, according to the Telegraph. The prime minister has reportedly decided that with 99% of establishments facing tougher regulations in Tiers 2 and 3, the potential losses to the industry could be…
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19 NovemberFood and Drink
Wigton takeaway ordered to close following regulations breach
A takeaway site in Wigton has been ordered to temporarily close after it was found to have breached coronavirus regulations. Its owners have also faced a subsequent fine following the breach. Cumbria County Council is now urging anyone who visited Wigton’s Shuhag Restaurant between Monday 9 November and Tuesday 18…
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17 NovemberCoronavirus
Covid-19 tiered restrictions under government review
Robert Jenrick, the UK housing secretary, has announced the pre-lockdown three-tier lockdown system is under government review. A return to an updated tiered system when the second lockdown ends in England on 2 December looks likely, as the government aims for “greater consistency” this time around. Speaking on BBC Breakfast,…
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12 NovemberFood and Drink
Oddfellows in Chester fined for food safety allergen offence
Oddfellows restaurant in Chester has been ordered to pay over £4300 after a customer was hospitalised for a “severe” reaction to the hummus they consumed at the venue, despite making severs aware they were allergic to the food. On 4 April 2019 Regulatory Services officers visited to investigate a complaint…
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