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Next year will be a year of two halves. The first half will be a scramble – trying to patch things together again after the chaos of 2020.  The second half of 2021 will be about trying to assess and deal with the longer-term legacy of this extraordinary year. Some thoughts about each.  Over the next few months, certainly until Easter but probably beyond, the economy will continue to be disrupted. There is of course all the Brexit stuff, but I think that the disruption from that will fade mo...

Liverpool City Region will have to work hard to stay in Tier 2 With cases rising and a tricky Christmas period ahead, it will be difficult to retain our current status, writes Liam Thorp (Image: Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo) A tumultuous time for our city - sign up for the Liverpool Echo newsletter so you dont miss the big storiesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometim...

We have been around the board in the game of Covid since February. And here we are back at square one. From Boxing Day another six-week period of lockdown kicks in, a price we will pay for having a more relaxed Christmas. Of course, navigating a way through what has been the most unpredictable year any of us can remember isnt a game. But could it have been played any better? On January 4 a short social media post from the World Health Organization went largely unnoticed. A cluster of pneumonia ...

THE rise in staycations over the summer meant Brighton was able to withstand a severe blow to its economy, compared with other places. According to a new report by Irwin Mitchell and the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr), Brighton and Hove saw the third smallest annual contraction in economic output of the 46 UK Powerhouse cities in the third quarter of this year. The city saw a 4.7 per cent decline in the employment rate over the same period and the value of goods and serv...

·      Headline EBITDA* of £3.7m (2019: £8.4m) ·      Operating loss of £3.0m (2019: profit of £2.1m) ·      Loss after tax of £3.9m (2019: profit of £0.4m) ·      Operating cash inflow of £6.3m (2019: £9.4m) ·      Raised further funds of £2.25m (before expenses) from an equity placing and subscription ·      Agreed a new loan facility of £10.75m under the UK Governments CLIBIL scheme ·      Extended the maturity date of the existing RCF loan...

Wagamama owner The Restaurant Group swallows £15m November lockdown hit PA 18 December 2020, 9:54 am Wagamama and Frankie & Benny’s owner The Restaurant Group (TRG) has said the second English lockdown in November cost the company £15 million, as it was forced to shut the doors of its sites. The group said it expects the first quarter of 2021 to be “extremely challenging” amid current tiered restrictions. It said the latest restrictions mean it will have 145 sites where customers can di...

BBC News By Katy Lewis image copyrightYe Olde Fighting Cocks image captionYe Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans has survived wars and plagues but the coronavirus pandemic has brought new challenges With much of England moving into tier three of coronavirus restrictions, pubs and restaurants in these "very high alert" areas can now only offer a takeaway and delivery service. How will hospitality businesses in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire cope with the changes? image copyrightYe Olde Fighting C...

Piper bosses devastated at Tier 3 closure after transforming club during roller coaster year The popular nightclub had reinvented itself into a popular covid-19 secure eatery The Piper nightclub has been transformed inside to make it covid-19 secure Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they�...

Shoppers are flocking to Mansfield as Nottingham continues to struggle in pandemic Nottingham city is in the bottom 10 for footfall, while Mansfield is in the top 10 09:41, 18 DEC 2020 Updated A view of Long Row in Nottingham City Centre. (Image: Nottingham Post) Never miss another Mansfield story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. So...

New Year lockdown looms: Boris Johnson warns over reality of surging cases as ministers consider fresh squeeze on commuting and non-essential shops in England - despite claims cases will FALL over Xmas Boris Johnson has refused to rule out another blanket lockdown in England pointing to reality of rising cases Wales and Northern Ireland have already announced draconian new measures coming in after Christmas    Tier Three restrictions extended yesterday, plunging 38million people into new year...