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SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The National Restaurant Association estimates that 110,000 eating and drinking places had shut for the long term if not for good by Dec. 2020.
Of those eating and drinking places, bars and taverns were hit hardest, with those that stayed open seeing sales fall by 65% on the year.
As countries come out of lockdown, pub and restaurant owners have a simple plea for punters: honor your bookings.
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Drinkers and diners who fail to cancel before blowing off a reservation were estimated to cost the British hospitality industry £16 billion ($22.2 billion) in 2019. Now, after more than a year of diminished trade, what was once a social sin could prove to be a poison pill.
Published May 5, 2021 •
Updated on May 5, 2021 at 2:18 am
SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The National Restaurant Association estimates that 110,000 eating and drinking places had shut for the long term if not for good by Dec. 2020.
Of those eating and drinking places, bars and taverns were hit hardest, with those that stayed open seeing sales fall by 65% on the year.
As countries come out of lockdown, pub and restaurant owners have a simple plea for punters: honor your bookings.
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Drinkers and diners who fail to cancel before blowing off a reservation were estimated to cost the British hospitality industry £16 billion ($22.2 billion) in 2019. Now, after more than a year of diminished trade, what was once a social sin could prove to be a poison pill.
Suffolk s tourist industry will also be given a much needed boost as hotels and other types of accommodation can open to guests, previously only self-catering accommodation with no shared facilities could open.
Step 3 will mean that 30 people will be able to attend weddings, receptions, funerals, and commemorative events including wakes.
The four steps set out in the national roadmap will apply to all regions of England at the same time.
And following the move to Step 3, it is likely that more settings will be allowed to open unless a specific exemption exists.
Drinkers raise their pints at The Woolpack
in Ipswich Picture: Sonya Duncan
The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, basking in the summer sunshine Photo: Lucy Taylor
Pubs, restaurants, theatres, hotels and indoor attractions across Suffolk and north Essex are preparing to fully reopen as the Government continues on its roadmap out of lockdown.
Following the successful reopening of hairdressers, pub gardens, and non essential shops, we are expecting Step 3 of the easing of Covid-19 lockdown rules to happen from Monday, May 17, 2021.
The Unruly Pig, in Bromeswell near Woodbridge, has been named among the UK s top 10 gastropubs Picture: Tim Bowden
- Credit: Tim Bowden
The main change is that indoor hospitality will be allowed, meaning pubs like the award-winning Unruly Pig in Bromeswell, will be able to offer indoor dining again.
The Carter BloodCare bus will be at Seton Medical Center, 850 W. Central Texas Expressway, in Harker Heights for anyone wishing to donate blood.
The hospital is hosting the blood drive in the parking lot of the ambulance bay from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 7, Carter BloodCare said in a news release.
To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Lucy Taylor at 254-680-6377, the release said.
Appointments are encouraged.
Donors can complete the medical history questionnaire online at https://www.carterbloodcare.org/quickscreen/ on the day of donation, before arriving to give blood.
Masks are required.