BUF Ayr announces closure following new 10pm coronavirus curfew rules for pubs and restaurants

plans to close bars and restaurants in the north were leaked to The Times last week.Tom McNeeny, business development manager for the Lancashire Hospitality Co, which operates Rochdale pubs including The Flying Horse, The Baum, Bombay Brew, The Crown and Shuttle and The Hare on the Hill, welcomed today's news but said it did not solve the other issues facing the industry, including the effect of the curfew.And he feels it will still only be 'a matter of time' before the region is pushed into the

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Leaked plans which are reportedly set to close pubs and restaurants in Greater Manchester to curb the spread of coronavirus have plunged the hospitality industry into uncertainty. Boris Johnson is expected to announce the closure of pubs, bars and restaurants in the north of England on Monday.Greater Manchester's night time economy adviser, Sacha Lord and Manchester Hospitality Network founder, Greg Maguire, said the move would be devastating for pub and restaurant operators.

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Around 300 jobs will be affected by the move, which has been driven by "significant change in customer behaviour".The company said 94 per cent of TSB customers in Scotland would remain within 20 minutes' travel time of a branch, once closures take effect.Those branches set for closure will be announced later today.

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coronavirus curfew, Oliver Dowden has confirmed.Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that a spike in Covid-19 infections has prompted a new set of lockdown restrictions in England, including a 10pm curfew on a number of hospitality, leisure, entertainment and tourism businesses, as well as enforced table service across all pubs and restaurants.The new measures also saw Johnson urge people to work from home where possible again, and warned that the new changes could remain in place for

the restriction that has been in place in the west of Scotland to the rest of the country. On the pub curfew, the First Minister said: “We will introduce a strict nationwide curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants.

warned it will be the 'nail in the coffin' for them, and one Manchester bar has already closed, saying trying to stay open 'would inevitably destroy us'.