Ahead of pubs, bars and restaurants in England being permitted to re-open for business at 6am tomorrow (4 July 2020) as permitted by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020, trade bodies UKHospitality and the BBPA (together with the British Institute of Innkeeping) have produced a helpful document entitled “FAQs on COVID-19 […]
DCMS Minister Nigel Huddleston MP has urged the gambling sector to do all it can to tackle any heightened risk of problem gambling during the coronavirus lockdown. He has written to the Chief Executives of five leading online gambling operators asking them to take extra steps to protect players at this time of heightened risk. […]
On its “Business Update – COVID-19 webpage (that you can download below), PPL PRS Limited, the joint venture company that administers the licensing of music used in public via TheMusicLicence, has introduced a number of temporary measures to support UK businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. These include: not charging customers for their music usage during the […]
As we have been reporting elsewhere on this website, during the course of the past week the Chancellor of the Exchequer has set out a package of temporary measures to support UK businesses through the current period of disruption caused by COVID-19. Those measures include: a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme deferring VAT and Income Tax […]
At the daily coronavirus press conference this evening (20 March 2019), the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced the following: The government is now telling pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants (subsequently extended during his speech to clubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres) “to close tonight as soon […]
In part by way of response to queries raised by some licensees regarding consequences on their business of the current coronavirus crisis, the UK Gambling Commission has published “Guidance in light of COVID-19 outbreak” on its website. The guidance (that you can download below) is generally in the nature of a “business as normal” announcement in terms of […]
The Government has now published guidance to local authorities on the extension of retail rates relief to the hospitality and leisure sectors in England and Wales, announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 17 March 2020. The retail rates relief scheme provides for a 100% exemption from business rates for business falling within those […]
