weeks away from the 16th of august, when, if people will be properly vaccinated, they will need to self isolate anyway, presumably you really need this guidance yesterday. you took the words right out of my mouth. we need that information yesterday. will you get in touch with the government to try to find out, or do you just wait to find out if you are included? somewhere in between. we are only minnows as individual companies, but we have a trade body and we have been in touch with them. we are hoping that somewhere around midday, one o clock today, there will be further news from government. really interesting to hear the situation you re in. the headlines on bbc news: adam peaty starts a goldrush for team gb winning the 100 metre breaststroke title and becoming one of the most successful
setup. doing that in critical areas such as refuse collection, would be very helpful and that s what we are discussing with government, whether we can extend that to a broader range of critical workers. most of this is an interim solution because on the 16th of august, those with double vaccination and a test will be able to continue working. what be able to continue working. what have ou be able to continue working. what have you heard be able to continue working. what have you heard back be able to continue working. what have you heard back from government? you said you were talking to them. conversations are ongoing. understandably this is a very fast moving situation and as your speaker said earlier, it takes time to set up these testing centres. they are engaging with us, taking a positive attitude, it s just the physical, how quickly can we do it, issue? we physical, how quickly can we do it, issue? ~ , ., issue? we must leave it there. thanks for issue? we must leave it the
runs for allowing isolation exemption, the second scheme which is much widerfrom exemption, the second scheme which is much wider from testing was originally set up for food distribution, that has been expanded to emergency services over the weekend. there are calls for it to be expanded further so we have to wait and see if that happens. there are concerns about that scheme from unions. last week, the gmb said it was set up to driven by resources rather than worker safety. other unions this morning see even if they are exempt workers should not go in, they should isolate. interestingly, they should isolate. interestingly, the labour leader said he did not back that and he wanted the scheme and exemptions to work and if it does work, the nation supports the exemptions that keep these growing. there are voices calling the to stop this sort of system and bring forward that date on the 16th of august when they say fully jab people will not have to isolate.
of august 16, the date after which if you ve had both jabs and you re pinged and you re a negative test, you can go back to work. that s something staff at this restaurant in hove, on the south coast of england, would welcome. they had to close for six days a few weeks ago. that had a massive knock on effect on the business financially and also mentally for a lot of people, the stress of having to isolate due to positive tests coming back to them. while rules on those required to self isolate in england will change on the 16th of august, british business groups say the next three weeks are crucial. all of a sudden you re having staff in to isolate, you have to close the business at different parts of the day or you have to close fully. this has a massive implication on whether or not you re going to see through your summer months and through to 2022. as it stands, though, the millions of phones of people in england will continue to ping until mid august. robert coxwell, bbc news. you r