Following the warning from the UK Prime Minister to avoid pubs, clubs and other social venues on March 16, 2020, 58 percent of consumers who visit bars, pubs and restaurants said they will stop visiting. The advice, given in light of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, aimed to help reduce the spread of the disease. However 14 percent of consumers said they still plan to visit at least as often in order to support the sector during this difficult time, while a further 28 percent said they will visit less frequently.

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Although sales remained down following the re-opening of bars, pubs, and restaurants in Great Britain in July 2020, figures show signs of recovery for the industry. In August 2020, like-for-like sales of pubs and restaurants were only down around 10 percent compared to 2019, largely down the influence of the 'Eat of to Help Out' scheme. Sales dipped again in September, as the scheme ended, with bars suffering the most with a 42.7 percent fall. By December, bars continued to suffer as sales fell as low as 87.2 percent during what could have been the busiest season of the year.

Like-for-like sales had already begun to fall at the beginning of March when the public were warned to avoid pubs, restaurants and other venues in an attempt to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Shortly after, the country went into a full lockdown, with premises only able to open for takeaway and delivery.

Sales of pub and restaurant groups all fell in Great Britain in the week prior to the government's warning to avoid them due to the growing threat of coronavirus (COVID-19). As a preventative measure, the UK Prime Minister urged the public on Monday March 16 to avoid pubs, clubs and social venues to reduce the spread of the virus. Restaurant groups experienced the biggest fall in like-for-like sales in the week prior to the announcment at 21 percent, while bar sales dropped by 14 percent. Managed pubs faired only slightly better with a 12 percent decline. In the following week, it was announced that pubs, bars and restaurants had to close to customers, other than for delivery or takeaway. Over the whole month of March, bar sales dropped by 60 percent, and restaurants by 56.4 percent compared to the same period in 2019. During the re-opening phase, bar, pub, and restaurant sales continued to be down, though the industry has shown signs of recovery.

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Consumers in the United Kingdom have shown strong support to their local pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The most common way to show support among consumers was to order takeaway food and drinks from their favorite places, which was done by 36 percent of survey respondents in April 2020. A large share of respondents chose to purchase vouchers or bar tabs, and donate. A small proportion of respondents had also taken advantage of outlets that had turned their operations to convenience stores, where customers could shop for food and drink items to use at home.

In May 2020, a survey carried out in the United Kingdom found that around two-thirds of the British missed seeing family and friends the most during the lockdown period as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 38 percent of respondents said they miss going to restaurants and pubs, while 35 percent reported that they missed going on holidays. The latest number of cases in the UK can be found here. For further information about the coronavirus pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

The most popular activities replacing visiting bars and restaurants in the United Kingdom during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in 2020 were having virtual gatherings with friends and family, playing board games, and ordering hot food. Only a small share of people took part in a 'big night in' and/or tried to recreate drinks they would normally only purchase when going out, with eight and four percent respectively.

Public house and bar businesses’ cash reserves and confidence in surviving the next three months, November 2020 for the UK. Unweighted data from the Business Impact of Coronavirus Survey (BICS) Wave 18.

Responses are unweighted and are representative only of the businesses that responded in the sample, not of the wider business population. Unweighted tables should be treated with caution when used to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 across the UK economy.

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the United Kingdom, bars, pubs and restaurants were forced to close to visitors on March 20, 2020. Footfall in the hospitality sector showed a staggering decline compared to last year; Nightclubs had already seen 75 percent fewer visitors in the last seven days and restaurarnts 74 percent fewer. Footfall in restaurants fell by 94 percent on the day of the closure.

In 2020, food and drink services across the United Kingdom experienced closures as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The locations of these closures were spread fairly evenly throughout Britain, however, high street locations suffered especially with 4,010 closures.

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Work is underway in NHS Test and Trace to digitally label samples associated with surge testing, through an end-to-end process from sample to sequence. In the interim, this preliminary analysis uses a pragmatic proxy of samples identified through local surge testing initiatives as:

• specimens taken at a mobile test unit (MTU), regional test site (RTS) or local test site (LTS) that has been designated by NHS Test and Trace as related to surge testing, during the period surge testing was in operation PLUS

• specimens from a home test kit delivered to a postcode within a designated surge test area, during the period surge testing was in operation

Tests undertaken as part of surge testing but from persons resident in other postcodes or processed through a test site not designated as surge testing using the definition above, will not be included in this proxy.

Indicators are presented by ‘locality’ of area targeted for surge testing and the test sites linked to it (including MTU deployment). Locality names are the operational names assigned by Test and Trace and do not necessarily relate to strict geographical boundaries. Specimens from individuals who do not reside in the locality – but who have been tested at a site associated with the locality for surge testing – may be included.

All variant of concern or variant under investigation samples identified through surge testing are verified through established PHE dataflows and matched to the earliest positive specimen of a case in the daily line list of cases. Therefore, this report does not include sequencing for any cases with a positive specimen taken prior to surge testing. Data from the last 7 days has been excluded to allow time for sequencing data to be reported.

Lateral Flow Device (LFD) testing and cases first identified using LFD are included. Cases first identified using LFD may have a later PCR sample which has been sequenced. LFD contribution to case rate is assumed to be similar in surge and non-surge areas and therefore should not impact comparative sequencing estimates.<

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