Trade bodies and opposition MPs have said that the government has given out mixed messages over the circumstances in which face coverings must be worn, prior to new rules being implemented on Friday.
Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford announced on Friday his administration’s latest easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, which will see bars, pubs, cafes, and restaurants allowed to fully reopen their doors from August 3.
Downing Street has said that a review into the existing two-metre social distancing guidelines is underway and is set to be completed “in the coming weeks”, but it is unclear whether its findings will be published by July 4 when pubs and restaurants are set to reopen in England.
The UK government’s plans for a new points based immigration system which will enter force after 2020 have caused shockwaves in a number of industries, but little more so than in the hospitality sector.
In recent years, the number of staff looking for work in the hospitality industry has declined. Where we once had a surplus of staff looking for work, most recently from Europe, we now find ourselves in a much different position as a result of social and economic change.
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