As of August 2020, about 65 percent of businesses in the accommodation and food service sector in the United Kingdom had experienced a decrease in footfall in the last two weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. For approximately 10.6 percent of businesses in the industry, footfall had increased.

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak hit the United Kingdom, footfall to bars and restaurants declined. Across the hospitality sector on March 20, 2020, there had been a 58 percent decline in footfall in the last seven days compared to the same seven days in 2019. Bars, pubs and restaurants were ordered to close to visitors on March 20.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had a major impact on businesses within the accommodation and food service industry in the United Kingdom. Fewer businesses were trading at the start of the outbreak in March 2020, with the lowest value recorded during the first few weeks of lockdown from April 6-19 (18.2 percent). Since July most businesses have returned to trading, reaching close to 90 percent in the first week of August. However, the share of accommodation and food service businesses trading have fluctuated from September 21 onwards. By March 21, 2021, the number of businesses trading reached 37.3 percent.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused the United Kingdom's (UK) restaurant industry to take a huge hit. Due to measures of social distancing and general caution in public places, consumers were forced to dine out less. According to the source, the year-over-year change of seated diners in restaurants in the UK, compared to 2019, was 19.50 percent on August 1, 2022.

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Business leaders within the eating and drinking out sector in the United Kingdom expected their biggest challenges for business recovery post-lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to be operational changes and Government regulations. Challenges related to staff and supply were not considered as major.

This page is no longer updated. It has been superseded by the Business insights and impacts on the UK economy dataset page (see link in Notices). It contains comprehensive weighted datasets for Wave 7 onwards. All future BICS datasets will be available there. The datasets on this page include mainly unweighted responses from the voluntary fortnightly business survey, which captures businesses’ responses on how their turnover, workforce prices, trade and business resilience have been affected in the two-week reference period, up to Wave 17.

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Data set showing the amount paid as part of the Covid-19 Small Business Grant to businesses in Leeds. Small retail, hospitality and leisure businesses can get a grant of up to £25,000 per property. Business properties with a rateable value of: £15,000 or less will get a grant of £10,000 between £15,001 and £51,000 will get a grant of £25,000

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Local authorities have received and distributed funding to support small and medium businesses in England during coronavirus. The datasets cover schemes managed by local authorities: Additional Restrictions Support Grant (ARG) Restart Grant - closed June 2021 Local Restrictions Support Grants (LRSG) and Christmas support payments - closed 2021 Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF) - closed August 2020 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Grants Fund (RHLGF) - closed August 2020 Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund (LADGF) - closed August 2020 The spreadsheets show the total amount of money that each local authority in England: received from central government distributed to SMEs 20 December 2021 update We have published the latest estimates by local authorities for payments made under this grant programme: Additional Restrictions Grants (up to and including 28 November 2021) The number of grants paid out is not necessarily the same as the number of businesses paid. The data has not received full verification.

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Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and government restrictions in the United Kingdom, 83 percent of business leaders within the eating and drinking out sector had to furlough over 90 percent of their staff in 2020. Only one percent of survey respondents did not have to temporarily dismiss any of their employees.

After the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown measures are lifted, the leaders of the eating and drinking out sector in the United Kingdom planned to increase hygiene and social distancing measures on the premises of their businesses. Some leaders also planned to reduce menu variety.

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In the UK eating out and drinking sector in April 2020, a total of 81 percent of business leaders had already started recovery planning for various scenarios. Others were waiting for more information, or said they do not have the capactiy to plan for recovery yet. Only one percent of respondents did not have any recovery plans at the time.

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