Nicola Sturgeon has warned ministers are looking at bringing in curbs on fast-food restaurant services. FAST food and takeaway chains such as McDonald’s and Burger King may have to stop selling takeaways amid new restrictions being considered by the Scottish Government. Nicola Sturgeon has warned ministers are looking at bringing in curbs on click and collect retail and fast-food restaurant services. The First Minister said her Cabinet would discuss whether to introduce further restrictions in these areas when they meet tomorrow morning. “The kind of issues we will be looking at – do we have to tighten up to reduce the number of people who are moving around any further?
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Sally Beck, general manager of the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, said: “Hospitality is on its knees and if you are not in the position we are in then I think businesses are going to close and they are not going to be able to reopen.
“The landscape for bars, restaurants and hotels is going to look very different by the time we get to March or April because businesses just can’t sustain this.”
The Royal Lancaster, along with sister hotels The Landmark and K West, is privately owned by Thai hotelier Khun Jatuporn Sihanatkathakul. Ms Beck said: “We are lucky as we are privately owned and our owners aren’t over extended, so they are supporting us.