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HOSPITALITY businesses are in “silent lockdown” since chief medical officer Chris Whitty encouraged people to cut back on their socialising, a…

CANCELLATIONS at hotels in Bournemouth this Christmas and New Year have prompted a leading organisation to lobby the government for support.

A HOSPITALITY leader has issued a plea for people to support local businesses as the government’s Plan B for dealing with the Covid crisis comes…

HUNDREDS of Christmas party bookings have been cancelled in Dorset amid “mixed messages” over Covid – but many people have decided to “press…

THE boss of a pub chain has said July 19 should not be “burn your mask day” after the government announced the scrapping of most social distancing rules. Boris Johnson’s signal of an end to most Covid rules – including compulsory mask-wearing – has left businesses and the public with a host of issues to consider. Bournemouth-based Kris Gumbrell, chief executive of the Brewhouse & Kitchen chain, said the UK needed to live with the virus but his business would keep some measures i...

THREE Dorsets MPs have urged the Government to press ahead with easing restrictions next week despite rising Covid case numbers.

Two new licences allowing restaurants to serve alcohol and events to be held two sites along Bournemouth beach were approved on Tuesday.  They were two out of five separate licence applications lodged, seeking permission for a wide range of events to be held and food and drink served along much of the Bournemouth seafront this summer.  Heres what we know so far.  Whats happened so far? Councillors have approved two new licences allowing restaurants to serve alcohol and events t...

People enjoying the warm weather on Bournemouth beach at the start of a week in which the UK is expected to bask in temperatures of more than 30C.. “FRESH and unique” restaurants are being sought as part of BCP Council’s pop-up beach plans for the summer. The council has begun advertising for companies willing to set up temporary operations on Bournemouth’s beaches ahead of a final decision on its licence applications. It said it was looking to “animate the seafront with stylish...

Pubs, bars and restaurants have been closed while the nation sat in lockdown as coronavirus cases surged. However, with cases now relatively low, hospitality businesses can be reopen outdoors, with no curfew or substantial meal rules in place. And business bosses said there was a “buzz” around the place. Mark Cribb, founder of Urban Guild which runs Urban Reef, Urban Beach and Urban Garden, said: “All three will open, Garden in the town centre has got really large terraces. “...

On the morning after, we look at some of the effects the Budget could have in Dorset.                                          HELP FOR HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL Dorset’s hospitality industry got some of the key concessions it asked for from the chancellor. The reduced five per cent VAT rate for hospitality and tourism will stay in place util September 30 and will then go up to 12.5 per cent before reaching its original 20 per cent next April. Alcohol duty will also st...