Pub and restaurant roadmap greeted with relief in Manchester, but operators blast terrifying wait for financial support
Now the question remains how businesses will hang on until May - or even later
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Michael Clay of Elnecot in Manchester (Image: Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning)
Pub and restaurant owners in Greater Manchester have finally been given a jot of hope for the future, with the Government outlining potential reopening dates.
Boris Johnson has set out a four-step roadmap out of the current lockdown in England, which would see schools open first before the rest of the economy slowly opens up.
But while hospitality experts have welcomed the Government s gradual approach - which will see five week windows between each step of lockdown easing - they have criticised the terrifying wait for the news of financial support in the meantime.
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