Hospitality giant Whitbread is reducing its workforce seeing circa 6,000 jobs go across the hotel and restaurant chain. Whitbread operates a number of hospitality brands including the Premier Inns hotel chain suffered a steep decline in trade since the emergence of Covid-19, and fears that demand will at least in the short term remain weak. Revenues in the first … [Read more...]
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Stonegate announces further support to lease and tenanted business
Stonegate Pub Company has announced further business support within its lease and tenanted business, Ei Publican Partnerships, creating an overall support package, which has been implemented in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, in excess of £36.5 million. The additional support includes rent reductions of 30% in October and a reduction of 20% in November for tied … [Read more...]
Safe Hospitality Face
The speed at which most businesses adopted wearing face masks led to disposable masks being procured as the 'perceived' lowest cost solution. The safe disposal of disposable masks however was largely not factored into the cost equation. The Government provides stringent guidelines for safe disposal of disposable face masks with specific processes and procedures that … [Read more...]
Safe Hospitality Hands
The government continues to advise on maintaining good safety basics for hospitality, with particular emphasis on regular hand washing for 20 seconds, using soap and water or hand sanitiser. It’s simple and effective in combating Covid-19, and all too easy to forget. So, remind customers and colleagues frequently while at the same time advertising you are a safe … [Read more...]
Diagnosis but no prescription does nothing to stem FTSE loss of £51bn
This morning the government’s chief medical and scientific advisors, Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance addressed the nation with a diagnosis of where we are with Covid-19. They outlined a scenario that could see circa 50,000 new Covid-19 cases a day within a month from now, and Sir Patrick Vallance said he would expect to see in the region of ‘200 plus … [Read more...]