NEW data has revealed the extent of the spending in Sussex during the Eat Out To Help Out scheme last year. The government scheme was introduced to help hospitality venues recover from the huge blow of the first national lockdown. The campaign ran from August 3 to August 31, offering customers the chance to halve their bills at many of their favourite restaurants, pubs, bars and more, with the businesses able to claim the savings back from HM Revenue and Customers. But it has since come under heavy criticism for encouraging large numbers of people out into public places during the coronavirus pandemic.
Londonist Guess What Our Most-Read Article Of 2020 Was.
It s time to tot up those page hits and see which articles really got you clicking in 2020. Coronavirus? Check. Tube maps? Check. Tug boats? Er, check, apparently.
10. 5 Ways Coronavirus Could Change London Permanently
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We re eternal optimists here at Londonist, and back in March, we looked forward to the positive changes that might spring from this awful pandemic. We didn t do badly with our predictions, either: many people are still working from home, rents have gone down (a bit), and we even foresaw that surge in bidet sales. Pulitzer s in the post, right?