Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today the easing of some lockdown restrictions including travel in and around Scotland resuming from Friday. With travel outside of Scotland to England and Wales being allowed again from 26 April. The First Minister however was more cautious in relation to international travel saying it remained “a significant risk” … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2021
Hospitality businesses fail from lack of support freely available to those with friends in government
David Cameron in 2010 said, lobbying has: “tainted our politics for too long. We all know how it works. The lunches, the hospitality, the quiet word in your ear, the ex-ministers and ex-advisers for hire, helping big business find the right way to get its way. In this party, we believe in competition, not cronyism." The speech was part of his message to his party at … [Read more...]
From dawn till dusk people celebrate hospitality’s reopening
From dawn till dusk, people all over England celebrated their new found freedoms yesterday, as the doors to outdoor hospitality reopened. As the clock struck midnight on Monday pubs opened and served drinks for the first time in months, and discovered immediately that customers appetite for hospitality had not dwindled. Throughout the day, social media saw people marking … [Read more...]
Rishi Sunak summoned to parliament to answer MPs on Greensill Capital CLBILS loans
The political storm surrounding ex-Prime Minister David Cameron, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Greensill Capital has seen Rishi Sunak summoned to appear before parliament tomorrow. He will face MPs amidst growing questions around how Greensill Capital were granted access to a Covid-19 loan and how he was influenced by David Cameron’s lobbying. Earlier today, Boris … [Read more...]
Tesco asks customers to go and support their local pub today
Supermarket giant Tesco has taken out a full page ad in today’s issue of The Times and other national media asking their customers to support their local pub today, using their strap line ‘every little helps’. As pubs and restaurants reopen today many were fully booked weeks in advance seeing significant enthusiasm from customers to return to enjoying hospitality. Even the … [Read more...]
Bad weather doesn’t allay appetite for hospitality as industry reopens
As the clock turned midnight in England, hardy aficionados of beer returned immediately to hospitality and welcomed in the first day of easing Covid restrictions. The Met Office accurately predicted a cold and frosty start for most with icy stretches possible, but even snow and ice could not curtail the enthusiasm of customers to return to hospitality bearing … [Read more...]
Good Luck to all outdoor hospitality reopening on ‘The Glorious 12th’
After more than a year of closure mixed with tentative reopenings, tomorrow the hospitality industry in England can reopen outdoors. Not only can so many businesses look forward to a restart in trading, but they can also do so alongside a vaccination programme that promises continuity to stay open. Up and down the country hospitality providers have been longing for the day … [Read more...]
Hotelier Sir Richard Sutton’s stepson arrested for his murder
Following the murder of hotelier Sir Richard Sutton last Wednesday, and the attempted murder of his wife Anne Schreiber, still in hospital in a critical condition, the police have arrested Thomas Schreiber. He has been charged with murder and attempted murder following a 100 mile car chase across five counties that required an armed force stop. Thomas Schreiber is 34 years … [Read more...]
Request a PDF copy of 12 Rules for the 12th
Ahead of Monday’s outdoor reopening of hospitality, leading trade bodies UKHospitality, The British Institute of Innkeeping and The British Beer and Pub Association have published a one-page guide for the key rules that licensees need to know. Full details can be read here. … [Read more...]
Hospitality trade bodies jointly issue key rules for reopening, 12 Rules for the 12th
Ahead of Monday’s outdoor reopening of hospitality, leading trade bodies UKH, BII and BBPA have published a one-page guide for the key rules that licensees need to know. The clarity is especially important after wildly differing – and often incorrect – interpretations of some of the new rules have been sent to businesses by some local authorities. The trade bodies have … [Read more...]
National Association Awards 2021 shortlist the Institute of Hospitality
The Institute of Hospitality has reached the finals of the 2021 National Association Awards, nominated by public vote in the Best Membership Organisation - 10,000-plus members - category. The National Association Awards recognise the hard work and success of associations, federations, chambers of commerce, societies and membership organisations across all sectors. The … [Read more...]
Ecologically sensitive warewashing
Meiko has launched ecologically sensitive warewashing chemicals through a partnership with ECOLAB, the world leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention. "This is a partnership that brings together two global experts," says Meiko UK MD Paul Anderson. The MEIKO ACTIVE range has been designed by Meiko, using ECOLAB's expertise, to provide our customers with the sparkling … [Read more...]
An ‘Ode’ to hospitality: Celebrating the call on appointing a Minister for Hospitality
An Ode to hospitality: Last October, Claire Bosi, Editor of Chef and Restaurant Magazine created a petition for the Government to appoint a Minister for Hospitality. The petition gathered 209,984 signatures triggering a parliamentary debate that took place on 11 January, the debate saw a cross party group of MPs pass the motion unanimously. During the petition campaign and … [Read more...]
SBPA label Scottish Government reopening regulations as “grossly unfair”
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association has called the rules around hospitality reopening later this month in Scotland, “grossly unfair”. Under current plans, pubs and bars will be severely limited in their ability to trade viably once allowed to reopen but will receive no extra support in comparison to other sectors which will be able to trade close to normal as soon … [Read more...]
Police chase Hotelier’s murder suspect across five counties before dramatic armed hard stop
Following the murder of hotelier Sir Richard Lexington Sutton, in a knife attack at his north Devon home on Wednesday, that also left his wife Anne Schreiber, critically wounded and in hospital suffering from knife wounds, a police chase across five counties ensued. The murder took place at the hotelier’s country home in the small village of Higher Langham, near … [Read more...]