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30 pubs and restaurants closing every day in UK with worse to come
Since December 2019 nearly 12,000 bars, pubs and restaurants have closed in Britain – a rate of around 30 a day, and this is expected to rise sharply over the coming months.
DeAille Tam named Asia’s Best Female Chef 2021
DeAille Tam, executive chef and co-founder of Obscura in Shanghai, has been named as Asia’s Best Female Chef 2021.
Beer duty may be cut in pubs to lure back drinkers
Beer duty could be cut in pubs and raised in supermarkets to encourage people to go out when lockdown ends and help the hospitality industry get back on its feet.
The true cost of keeping a pub shut for the next seven weeks
Though Boris Johnson’s oft-touted ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown has at least provided businesses with an idea of when they might be able to reopen, pubs still face weeks of closure and uncertainty.
Public called to take action to save pubs across the UK
National charity the Plunkett Foundation has launched a UK-wide public appeal to help save pubs through community ownership before it’s too late
15% of Hong Kong bars have closed due to the pandemic
Some 210 bars in Hong Kong have closed in the last six months due to the pandemic, accounting for 15% of the entire industry.
The big interview: Kate Nicholls
As CEO of UKHospitality, Kate Nicholls OBE has been instrumental in holding the government’s feet to the fire when it comes to saving the sector. She tells Lucy Shaw about her role, and what the industry is likely to face over the coming months.
Dates announced for UK hospitality reopening
The UK government has laid out the timeframe for the reopening of the hospitality sector and easing of wider lockdown restrictions in England.
Bar in Israel offers free drink to those who get vaccinated for Covid-19
A bar in Tel Aviv, Israel, is offering COVID-19 jabs in exchange for a free drink in a bid to drive higher take-up rates of the vaccine among young people.
Old ski gondolas are being revamped as private dining rooms
A Colorado woman is revamping old ski gondolas to convert them into outdoor private dining spaces as a creative solution to socially-distant dining amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites
In restaurant news: Gordon Ramsay has a controversial chat with Chancellor Rishi Sunak, a new report states that hospitality venues are not significant areas of Covid transmission, and the Mayor of London announces a £5 million plan to help reopen restaurants.