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Meiko, certified to inactivate Covid-19 and showing it

  Meiko UK has created a window sticker for users of Meiko ware washing equipment to display showing that their dishwasher inactivates Covid-19. "A properly maintained Meiko dishwasher is proven to inactivate Covid-19," says Meiko UK Marketing Manager Mark Roberts. "The sticker provides reassurance to the public that their glassware, cutlery and crockery is perfectly … [Read more...]

Government to extend Covid-19 financial support if banks support delivery

The Government is set to announce measures to extend its Covid-19 financial support package to include more businesses facing imminent failure from Covid-19. As there is now just under a week until their much applauded furlough scheme begins to be cut back, currently supporting circa 9 million people, alternatives are essential to avoid mass unemployment at levels unseen in … [Read more...]

Brick Lane’s Bangladeshi restaurants call for help after Covid-19 impact

  The ongoing impact of Covid-19 is threatening the future of Brick Lane's Bangladeshi-run curry restaurants with owners fearing that their businesses can only survive a few more months without help. While restaurants on the east London street re-opened on the 4 July after three months’ enforced closure, they have not encountered their usual influx of office workers and … [Read more...]

Fighting Covid-19 macroeconomics diligently

The current Covid-19 crisis has seen revenues at most hospitality businesses decline as a consequence of macroeconomics. The UK economy has been highly negatively impacted through Covid-19, and trying to swim against that tide is a herculean task. The combined efforts of world’s governments, think tanks and centres of learning cannot change the direction of the world economy … [Read more...]

Meiko inactivates Covid-19: Visible reassurance for responsible caterers

  Meiko UK has created a window sticker for users of Meiko ware washing equipment to display showing that their dishwasher inactivates Covid-19. "A properly maintained Meiko dishwasher is proven to inactivate Covid-19," says Meiko UK Marketing Manager Mark Roberts. "The sticker provides reassurance to the public that their glassware, cutlery and crockery is perfectly … [Read more...]

Sodexo Q3 results demonstrate robust business resilience to Covid-19

  Amidst the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic Sodexo’s Q3 numbers and statements demonstrate a business benefiting from planning and preparation to combat the impact from Covid-19. A focus on the health and economic welfare of colleagues and suppliers across the supply chain has clearly stood Sodexo in good stead. Commenting on the most recent results across the … [Read more...]

Government secures promising 90 million Covid-19 vaccine partnership

Millions of people could be vaccinated against coronavirus as the UK secures early access to 90 million doses of promising Covid-19 vaccine candidates. Announced by Business Secretary Alok Sharma earlier today, the Government has agreed significant partnerships with leading pharmaceutical and vaccine companies BioNTech/Pfizer and Valneva that are developing innovative new … [Read more...]

Covid-19 Hospitality Marketing Competition Winners Announced

At the beginning of June we launched a competition for suppliers in hospitality to win a share of £50,000 marketing spend. We have reported widely throughout the pandemic on the detrimental effect Covid-19 has had on restaurants, hotels, caterers, pubs & bars, and all hospitality providers. The suppliers to those venues have largely suffered in the background at the same … [Read more...]

No Shows survive Covid-19 while restaurants may not, unless things change

Booking anything and expecting the provider to reserve a place, expecting them to spend time preparing for your booking, and then not showing up shows a lack of honesty that cannot and should not be tolerated any longer. This applies to the booking of anything including restaurant seats and tables. In the past three to four months the restaurant industry has been decimated, … [Read more...]

Hospitality workers taxed on company provided Covid-19 tests

  In a letter to Rishi Sunak earlier this week, Tory MP and Chair of the Treasury Committee Mel Stride, requested an explanation on Covid -19 tests carried out and paid for by employers being taxed as a benefit of employment. Just as hospitality businesses are reopening this tax on testing is another straw on camel’s backs already heavily laden. Current guidance from … [Read more...]

Mr Crumb launches ‘Invisible Chef’ range to combat post Covid-19 challenges

  Mr Crumb, a family-owned award-winning food business, has launched Invisible Chef – a new packaged food range that has been developed to support the hospitality sector during its reopening. The artisanal range uses unique packaging developed in conjunction with a third-party supplier which allows products to be cooked in any cooking device. Invisible Chef will cater … [Read more...]

GMB accuse House of Commons bar of breaching Covid-19 Government guidelines

  The union for catering staff working in the House of Commons, GMB’s London Region, is calling on catering management in the House of Commons to act responsibly and adhere to the regulations and government’s guidance on Covid-19. GMB union have five tests that need to be complied with before they can agree that a workplace – or an activity- can be agreed as safe. If … [Read more...]