the government s plan b covid restrictions are already having a big impact on the hospitality sector in the west. in weston super mare the situation is particularly difficult with some tourists no longer coming to the town and christmas bookings being cancelled. dave harvey reports. weston of course is famous for its summer and sunshine and sea side and of course the pier but a lot of christmas parties happened here as well or at least they normally do. unfortunately lots of people are cancelling with worries about omicron. tina, this is your hotel and restaurant. what have you had? we have had quite a few cancellations and the hotel has been closed for the last three weeks because we had no bookings. because the government says there are no restrictions, you can carry on coming, what messages are they sending out? the government is saying socialise but don t socialise. see your friends but don t see your friends. it s a mixed message and people
during england s nationwide lockdown. jeff bezos has offered to cover $2 billion of nasa costs in order to be reconsidered for a key contract to build a moon landing vehicle. in april, the space agency awarded the 2.9 billion contract to elon musk, rejecting a bid from bezos company blue 0rigin. 3,000 car workers at the honda plant in swindon have begun their last week at work. the japanese car maker has been a vital part of the area s economy for 35 years, but this week the last car will roll off the line. and that will be that. it s a huge week for all involved, as our business correspondent dave harvey reports. when they announced it, it was
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bosses, who say more than 60,000 workers are needed to keep goods moving. our business correspondent dave harvey reports. it s food on the shelves, it s drinks on the shelves, and it s builders merchants being full. that s really what it is. if we re not delivering product, the shops won t be full, and that will have a massive impact on the uk. in many ways, trucks like these are meant to be the lifeblood of our economy. they keep everything moving. right now, they re parked up and going nowhere. not that there s a shortage of companies with stuff to move, or indeed, at 150 grand for a cab and a trailer, any shortage of trucks themselves. theyjust can t find enough drivers. one in ten of this somerset firm s lorries are parked up at the moment, costing thousands every day. the industry calculates britain is short of 60,000 lorry drivers. 15,000 are european drivers who left the country in the last year. through the pandemic a lot of drivers wanted to go home to be closer to their fami