Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just announced on UK television that the nation is now officially in lock down to combat the spread of COVID-19. Johnson in the same announcement said that police would be used to enforce the lock down measures. All shops other than essential providers of food and medicines are being closed, and restrictions on travel would be enforced. All … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2020
Hospitality relief from government moratorium on commercial landlord sanctions today
Earlier today the Government introduced emergency legislation to enact a moratorium on commercial landlord sanctions and debt enforcement for at least three months. This will be great news to hospitality businesses as the vast majority are now closed and unable to generate cash as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. UKHospitality this morning called on the Government to … [Read more...]
Closure of UK borders, airports and total lock down of UK imminent
Prime Minister Johnson is currently chairing an emergency COVID-19 Cobra meeting, and his daily 5pm briefing from Downing Street has not taken place. Government spokespeople have said he will ‘probably’ be making a public announcement on the outcome of the Cobra meeting later tonight. At the same time the debate going on currently in Parliament looks like just about all … [Read more...]
Diageo donate ethyl alcohol free to create eight million bottles of hand sanitiser
Diageo earlier today pledged to enable the creation of more than eight million bottles of hand sanitiser, by donating up to two million litres of alcohol to manufacturing partners, at no cost to help protect frontline healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19. The world’s leading distiller will provide Grain Neutral Spirit (GNS) – a 96% strength ethyl alcohol used … [Read more...]
Turning your restaurant into a delivery service
During these adverse times with the COVID-19 virus now prevalent, some foodservice customers are venturing out on a new path, for example turning their restaurant into a home delivery service for their customers favourite dishes. "Many of our customers have reacted quickly and flexibly to the new situation," says Adam Knights, Marketing Director UK at Rational. "Their … [Read more...]
Empty restaurants and pubs face multi-billion pound rent bill due this week
On top of the already extraordinary pressures facing everyone in the hospitality industry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, this week sees rent payments due from businesses that are quite literally empty. UKHospitality has sounded the alarm about the multi-billion pound bill facing under-pressure pubs and restaurants this week. The vast majority of hospitality … [Read more...]
If, you care to take time to reflect…
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too … [Read more...]
Cleaning for COVID-19 outbreaks
When it comes to COVID-19, good hygiene and cleanliness is our best line of defence. At TWO Services, we provide reactive and preventative sanitise cleans for COVID-19 outbreaks. Keeping surfaces clean is extremely important to protect the safety of building inhabitants. Our fogging system is a quick and easy way to sanitise large areas with minimum disruption to both you … [Read more...]
British Holiday and Home Parks Association advocates immediate holiday park closures
The British Holiday & Home Parks Association earlier today contacted its members who own and manage some 2,900 holiday and touring parks across the UK and strongly advised that they should, with immediate effect, close their parks to all holiday visitors. The advice is surely to combat reports over the weekend of people across the UK heading off in volume to holiday … [Read more...]
All UK and Ireland McDonald’s to close tomorrow evening 7pm
McDonald’s has just made an announcement to its 80 million followers on Facebook that it is closing all branches of the restaurant empire across the UK and Ireland. Following the government announcement last Friday to escalate combating COVID-19, McDonald’s had already closed all seated areas throughout its chain. By 7pm tomorrow evening the drive through options will also … [Read more...]
Supermarkets open recruitment doors to hospitality workers
As hospitality and catering businesses across the UK close their doors to the public following the government’s press conference on Friday, Supermarkets are looking to widen theirs. For many people who were employed on Friday, the weekend’s developments surrounding COVID-19, could offer new employment openings, albeit temporarily. Supermarkets across the UK have embarked on … [Read more...]
Happy Mother’s Day
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Intercontinental Hotels Group working this weekend with the Mayor of London to house homeless
The Mayor of London with support from the government and working with Intercontinental Hotels Group has secured 300 hotel rooms to enable Londoners sleeping rough to self-isolate. Londoners sleeping rough will now be provided with vital protection from COVID-19 as the Mayor’s team works with IHG to block-book rooms in London hotels. Through the weekend rough sleepers who … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson on COVID-19 “never seen anything like it in 92 years”
To gain perspective on the current impact on hotels from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest hotel group in the world, Marriott, is worth taking some notice of. In a statement to the press Marriott Worldwide CEO Arne Sorenson said: “In terms of our business, COVID-19 is like nothing we’ve ever seen before, and for a company that’s 92 years old, that’s borne witness … [Read more...]
Spanish hotels being converted into emergency COVID-19 care facilities
The four star 360 bedroom Gran Hotel Colon in Madrid last Thursday morning closed to guests and opened for nurses and doctors, many of the doctors are young and not yet fully qualified. Wearing face masks doctors and nurses now welcome patients daily as the hotel has been converted to a care facility for people suffering with milder cases of COVID-19. Regional government in … [Read more...]
