£10,000 Lockdown Fine Case Collapses – “Hundreds” More to Follow, Says Lawyer
As a gym owner has a £10,000 lockdown fine dropped, a leading lawyer says hundreds of restaurants and gyms could see their fixed penalties revoked in the courts.
As a gym owner has a £10,000 lockdown fine dropped, a leading lawyer says hundreds of restaurants and gyms could see their fixed penalties revoked in the courts.
Too many in politics and the Civil Service had little or no “skin in the game” when they were making decisions to destroy livelihoods and to frighten the nation into compliance.
Pubs, restaurants and leisure businesses hit by omicron will be eligible for one-off grants of £6,000 in a Christmas aid package announced by Rishi Sunak earlier today. Hospitality bosses say it's too little, too late.
Pub boss Clive Watson has said that the Government's 'work from home' guidance will severely damage the hospitality industry.
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has told the hospitality industry to prepare for vaccine passports.
We're publishing an update this morning from the Daily Sceptic's in-house doctor in which he analyses the latest NHS hospital data. Conclusion: no need to panic.
A surge in bankruptcies is expected in the hospitality sector as business support runs dry, with a partner at an insolvency firm saying "we have yet to see the full extent" of lockdown's financial hit on resturants.
Hamburg businesses have been told they are allowed to bar unvaccinated residents from using their services. Those that don't will be forced to continue enforcing other restrictive policies.
The Government could tell pubs and restaurants that don't check the vaccination statuses of their customers to reintroduce social distancing during future 'Covid surges', under new plans.
The 'pingdemic' continues to wreak havoc on businesses that are trying desperately to recover from the damage caused by lockdown, with one in 10 pubs and restaurants having been forced to close over the past month.
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