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Britons will splash out an extra £836million next week as Covid restrictions ease
Hospitality businesses report a surge in bookings as we return to indoor eating
While pubs expect to serve a staggering three million pints on Monday alone
High street bosses will bring back 865,000 workers from furlough after closure
From Monday, holidays abroad are also allowed and hugging between families
Summer holiday breaks are seeing a surge in prices as Britain emerges from lockdown, with some trips to the seaside double the cost this year.
Euphoria around the rollout of vaccinations has triggered a staycation rush, which means letting websites and property owners are cashing in.
Yesterday Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he is more optimistic than ever for a great British summer .
On a visit to a laboratory in Glasgow, Mr Hancock said: I very much hope that as we are able to lift restrictions, then we are all able to travel across the UK. I m confident, because of the vaccine, we will be able to make that progress and then be able to, all of us, to travel freely wherever we are within these islands.
Rishi Sunak told to extend furlough in Budget or risk mass exodus of jobs in Plymouth
The Chancellor is being urged to do the right thing by employees and businesses in Plymouth as he prepares to thrash out the Government s financial plans in the year ahead
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Plymouth’s tourism and hospitality businesses are calling for crucial support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak in order to survive until they can reopen after it emerged they lost £169million in visitor spend – before the third lockdown.
The city’s visitor economy has lost more than half its income during the past year of Covid-hit trading and is expecting figures to be even worse when January/February stats are processed soon.
Britons are snapping up summer flights which are only a fifth of the average price in 2019 as travel firms report a foreign holidays booking bonanza this week.
Demand has surged after Boris Johnson said there was every chance breaks abroad can go ahead this summer, with the current plan to allow them again from May 17.
Skyscanner, the flight booking website, said some prices were significantly lower than two years ago with many travellers still concerned about travelling overseas.
It found the price of flights to southern Europe was down 82 per cent, with flights to Italy in August at £24 per adult on average compared with £131 this time in 2019.