and hotels and restaurants are reporting cancellations at what is normally one of the busiest times of the year. danny savage reports from leeds. merry christmas! the other area is credited with merry christmas! the other area is credited with saving merry christmas! the other area is credited with saving this - is credited with saving this business from covid. they say they affirm about cancellations. ~ , ., cancellations. we sent an e-mail on cancellations. we sent an e-mail on tuesday - cancellations. we sent an e-mail on tuesday to - cancellations. we sent an - e-mail on tuesday to everyone e mail on tuesday to everyone who had booked in december and told them you will be charged if you don t let us know, let us know limit of the circumstances and we had 150 councils but we had 6000 bookings so 150 is not that bad. , . ., , bookings so 150 is not that bad. , ., ., , bad. pub landlords call this mad friday bad. pub landlords call this mad friday such bad. pub landlords cal
the chancellor, rishi sunak, has held talks with business leaders about the impact of omicron, after cutting short a trip to the united states. many businesses are calling for urgent help from the government. retail sales have been hit, and hotels and restaurants are reporting cancellations at what is normally one of the busiest times of the year. danny savage reports from leeds. all: merry christmas! at the myrtle tavern in leeds tonight, the ventilated marquee outside is credited with saving this business throughout covid. they understand people might be wary about going out but they are being firm about cancellations. we sent an e mail on tuesday to everyone who has booked in december and it basically told them you will be charged if you don t let us know. please let us know in any of the circumstances and we had probably 150 cancel but we ve got about 6,000 bookings, so 150 is not really that bad. pub landlords call this mad friday , such is the expectation of trade levels. it
there has been a sharp rise in the cost of living. the soaring costs of transport and eating out in august helped push inflation to its highest level in nearly a decade. it rose from two % injuly to 3.2 % last month. here s our economics editor, faisal islam not since 2012 has the rate of price increases reached this level, and the month to month increase is unprecedented. yet, for the traders at this manchester market, it comes as no surprise at all. it s no wonder it s a hike in inflation, the import costs and the cost of bringing containers through is massive. petrol has jumped, diesel prices. so it s costing hundreds of pounds extra a week to transport the goods, and the public are the people that will suffer. it s the fact that food costs in restaurants and pubs are much higher now than last august when that chancellor s eat out to help out scheme halved some meal prices that pushed today s inflation number above 3%. on top of that, now pub landlords say prices will go up fu
to 3.2% last month. here s our economics editor faisal islam. not since 2012 has the rate of price increases reached this level, and the month to month increase is unprecedented. yet, for the traders at this manchester market, it comes as no surprise at all. it s no wonder it s a hike in inflation, the import costs and the cost of bringing containers through is massive. petrol has jumped, diesel prices. so it s costing hundreds of pounds extra a week to transport the goods, and the public are the people that will suffer. it s the fact that food costs in restaurants and pubs are much higher now than last august when that chancellor s eat out to help out scheme halved some meal prices that pushed today s inflation number above 3%. on top of that, now pub landlords say prices will go up further, reflecting the need to pay staff more. they need to have a decent living wage, which is what we as a business have started to do. and of course that is going to have a knock on effect on how
faisal islam has more details. not since 2012 has the rate of price increases reached this level, and the month to month increase is unprecedented. yet, for the traders at this manchester market, it comes as no surprise at all. it s no wonder it s a hike in inflation, the import costs and the cost of bringing containers through is massive. petrol has jumped, diesel prices. so it s costing hundreds of pounds extra a week to transport the goods, and the public are the people that will suffer. it s the fact that food costs in restaurants and pubs are much higher now than last august when that chancellor s eat out to help out scheme halved some meal prices that pushed today s inflation number above 3%. on top of that, now pub landlords say prices will go up further, reflecting the need to pay staff more. they need to have a decent living wage, which is what we as a business have started to do. and of course that is going to have a knock on effect on how profitable our business is. an