Hospitality in the News

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Your latest instalment of articles and opinions from across the hospitality sector.

Thinking differently

As we await the Prime Minister's roadmap due on Monday for ending lockdown restrictions in the UK, a report commissioned by UKHospitality has caught our attention. The report argues that the reopening of hospitality businesses should be a priority when Boris Johnson outlines his plans as the evidence does not show hospitality businesses were significant areas of COVID transmission. The report claims just 5.2% of infections could be linked to restaurant settings during the period from 9 July to 19 September 2020. The report goes on to discredit a single study that reported the "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme led to a rapid rise in COVID cases and states that the hospitality industry should be reopened at the same time as non-essential retail. We hope – given the huge economic and well-being benefits – that the hospitality industry is allowed to open as soon as it is safe to do so.