AN ORGANISATION has called on the Welsh Government to work on a roadmap out of the latest coronavirus lockdown. CBI Wales is urging the Welsh Government to work closely with businesses to identify economy-critical elements to the process. In a letter to economy and transport minister Ken Skates, signed jointly by CBI director-general Tony Danker and Wales director Ian Price, the CBI has identified a series of key priorities to plan for a successful re-opening of the economy when the moment is right to do so. The CBI picked out six areas that would help businesses in Wales plan for a lifting of restrictions.
A Chester-based multiple operator has told The Morning Advertiser (MA) that he is pursuing a total of £26,335 in Covid grant funding from 15 different local authorities – with one yet to process any payments at all.
Multiple operator Ian Price – whose pub portfolio comprises 16 sites across the north of England and Wales – is still awaiting £26,335 in Government grants more than seven weeks since his first payment was received in October.
Of Price’s 15 pubs in England, at the time of writing 14 find themselves under tier three restrictions while one is operating in tier two.
Speaking on 16 December, he told
The MA his outstanding sum comprises £12,335 in Local and National Restriction Support Grants – the first payment of which was made on 29 October – and £14,000 worth of wet-led pub bonus, with the first of the two £1,000 payments received thus far landing in his bank account on 3 December.