Following today’s announcement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Cheshire Restaurants and pubs are allowed to reopen from 4 July, social distancing has been reduced from two metres to ‘one metre plus’, and businesses will be encouraged to collect the contact details of customers
After urgent calls for guidance from the hospitality industry, Mr Johnson has today given a long-awaited speech on the easing of lockdown measures in the UK, including the reopening of food and drink venues.
Reopening guidance
From 4 July, pubs and restaurants will be allowed to reopen, serving customers both indoors – limited to table service only – and outdoors.
Taste Cheshire had anticipated this measure and have been working with QBunk, an app created for table service ordering and if your venue wants to try is, using the code TC200 will give them a 6 month FREE TRIAL.
The reopening will be facilitated by the relaxation of social distancing from two metres to what the prime minister calls ‘one metre plus’, remaining a metre away from others while taking additional protective measures such as wearing a mask.
Again, this requirement is as Taste Cheshire expected and we have negotiated an additional 10% off PPE with our recommended supplier MET LAB, with the code HOSPITALITY10
Johnson also announced that venues should collect contact details from their customers ‘to help NHS Test and Trace respond to any local outbreaks’. ‘We will work with the sector to make this manageable,’ he added.
Today’s address has provided much-needed information for the hospitality industry, but it has also raised more questions. Some are centred on the details of reopening: Beyond wearing masks, what are the additional measures staff and customers must take to ensure ‘one metre plus’ distancing is effective? How does the government plan on working with the hospitality sector to collect contact details?
Taste Cheshire are pleased to be working with STERILIGHT UK the powerful UV-C light which outperforms conventional sanitizing sprays and is more effective in killing germs. Another aid to the industry to help protect their staff and customers from spreading infection.
We continue to work to try and help the Cheshire hospitality industry re open in a safe, practical way. We want to help hospitality heal and look forward to the continuing incredible innovations our industry is making.
As the Prime Minister said, “There’s a massive opportunity now for our pubs to think of ways to make their business Covid Secure… And to use their ingenuity to open up in all ways they can.”
We continue to perform as a platform to promote Cheshire food and drink venues to a wider audience and as venues send us all their news, plans and offers, we will continue to share them with you.