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11 Sep 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Businesses urged to prepare for NHS COVID-19 app

Businesses across England and Wales including amongst others, Pubs, restaurants, and cinemas are being urged to download QR codes posters to prepare for public rollout of the new NHS COVID 19 app. Businesses are being asked to be ready and place ...

11 Sep 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Welsh Government announce further restrictions.

We reported yesterday on further restrictions being announced in England and Scotland, this morning the Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced additional measures which will become mandatory on Monday 14th September. In his public statemen...

10 Sep 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Scotland follow suit on restrictions to social gatherings.

In her daily address today (Thursday 10th September), the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon announced that the number of people allowed to meet up in Scotland would be cut to 6 in an effort to curb Covid19 infection. The First Minister Nicola Sturge...

10 Sep 2020

Eat Out to Help Out - Data Published

Following the close of the popular ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme at the end of August, HMRC has published data showing the number of registered restaurants, number of meals claimed for, total discount claimed and average discount claime...

10 Sep 2020

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Changes to social gathering rules.

In his Downing Street address to the Nation yesterday, Prime Minister Johnson announced new ‘simplified’ restrictions on social gatherings in order to suppress a rise in Covid19 infections witnessed over recent weeks. The headline to ...

03 Sep 2020

Wedding reform - Consultation launched

Today the Law Commission has launched a consultation on wedding reform. Although the issues of how, where and when wedding ceremonies can take place have become acute during the Covid-19 pandemic, this project was commenced on the 1st July 2019 w...