In news this week: trade bodies call for the extension of rent payment postponements, the boss of Young’s criticises police for being “overzealous” about the rules relating to Scotch eggs, and operators shut pubs across Wales following the alcohol ban.  

The Crown Estate, the income from which supports the British royal family, has offered to assist restaurants in London’s West End with turnover-based rent payments.

A woman who commissioned a custom-made wedding dress with a metal frame that holds 50 glasses of Prosecco has decided to rent it out to would-be brides so that it doesn’t “go to waste”.