Published:
12:00 PM June 12, 2021
Suffolk pub bosses have spoken out ahead of the announcement about whether the June 21 reopening will go ahead. Pictured: A Wetherspoons pub worker wearing PPE.
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Suffolk hospitality bosses have spoken of their fears that lockdown may not be eased further on June 21, with an announcement set to be made on Monday.
Under the government roadmap, June 21 was the suggested date when all limits on people mixing may be removed and businesses such as nightclubs might be able to reopen. It was also expected that social distancing rules might have been relaxed.
But now, with cases of the Delta variant of the virus climbing and more than 1,000 people in hospital with Covid, that date is expected to be pushed back.
Suffolk hospitality bosses have spoken of their fears that lockdown restrictions may not be eased further on June 21, with an announcement set to be made Monday.
With less than four months to go until the end of the furlough scheme, some 400,000 people in the East are still relying on the initiative for a portion of their pay cheque.
Before today, the last guests at an Adnams hotel checked out on Boxing Day.
But Mr Attfield said the teams were prepared for the reopening. Our team knew what to expect, they d worked under these conditions before, he said. It s very similar to last summer.
Despite this they have had to replace around 100 lightbulbs in the run up to reopening and even had to fix a showerhead just hours before guests began to check in.
A spokesman for Bury St Edmunds-based brewer, Greene King, said the pub giant was excited to reopen most of its pubs and ramp up beer production.