In August as the effect of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme which ran from Monday to Wednesday, and offered 50 per cent off food up to the value of £10, pushed down the restaurant prices and July’s consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation figure had been1 per cent. The VAT cut in the hospitality…
UK economy recovered half of GDP lost since the start of the pandemic lockdown, amid faster rate virus spreading with the R number rising from 1 to 1.2, as the government faces backlash on new curbs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that the UK “ has still only recovered just over half of…
KFC says it is halting its “Finger-Lickin’ Good” amid the coronavirus pandemic. “ We find ourselves in a unique situation- having an iconic slogan that doesn’t quite fit in the current environment,” the company said given the current hygiene advice. It’s packing with the phrase obscured and said the phrase would return when the time…
Pizza Express chain owned by Chinese firm Hony Capital is to close 73 of its UK restaurants with the potential loss of 1, 100 jobs in a deal to reduce rent costs. Zoe Bowley, Pizza Express’s managing director for the UK and Ireland said: “Unfortunately, the impact of the global pandemic has meant that we…
Ritz Hotel in London have been targeted by scammers posing as hotel staff to steal payment card details. The scammers were extremely convincing when they phoned with accurate details of their restaurant bookings, asking them to confirm card details . Thye then tried to spend thousands of pounds at the catalogue retailer Argos. According to Ritz,…
Diners get 50 % discount as “eat out help out” kicks in today The offer of Diners getting 50 per cent off as “eat out to help out” scheme begins today morning and is valid at more than 72, 000 eateries on Mondays to Wednesdays throughout August 2020. The discount capped at £10 per person…
Associate sociology professor and former model, Ashley Mears’s entertaining study of the elite nightclub scene revealing the truth behind nightclubs from New York to Miami and the Riviera. Mears reveals how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera. She conducted an ethnographic study…
Brixton prison in South London is cooking, selling, and delivering takeaway meals during the pandemic, as the prison has a professional-standard restaurant, the Clink, which teaches culinary skills to prisoners – in order to help them get jobs when they are released. But the Covid-19 pandemic has stopped guests coming inside the prison to eat…
From Friday 24 July, face coverings are mandatory in England in confined public places. New guidance on face masks and coverings issued for England Complete guidance on wearing face coverings in shops in England has been released less than 12 hours before the new rules come into force. Coverings will be mandatory in enclosed public…
A $4bn cut in VAT has come into force, allowing firms in the food, drink and hospitality sectors to slash prices. Starbucks and McDonald’s are the latest firms to promise reductions after the chancellor ordered a temporary VAT cut from 20 per cent to 5 per cent. The treasury estimates households could save £160 a…