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Posted by Richard Lake, Associate
Restaurateur and chef, Asma Khan, is to move her iconic Darjeeling Express restaurant to new and larger premises in the heart of Covent Garden, with the help of law firm Royds Withy King.
Posted by Richard Lake, Associate
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today made an emergency Summer Statement focused on saving jobs and the UK’s struggling hospitality sector. But will restaurants and cafes have enough cash to keep them going until the scheme kicks in next month.
Posted by Richard Lake, Associate
The Government has unveiled five new task forces devoted to vulnerable sectors of the economy.
Posted by Richard Lake, Associate
The Government have announced a 3 month forfeiture moratorium on commercial leases in light of the upcoming rent quarterly payment on 25 March. The ban on evictions of commercial tenants will form a part of the emergency Coronavirus Bill currently going through Parliament but what protections will it and won’t it afford tenants?
Posted by Richard Lake, Associate
With bars and restaurants being one of the biggest commercial consumers of water, how might an impending water crisis impact their operation and bottom line? We take a look at the most likely forms of government intervention and advise restaurant and bar operators to start thinking about their water footprint.
Posted by Richard Lake, Associate
One of the less obvious effects of the referendum vote – and the resulting dip in the value of the pound – is the boost it’s given the UK leisure and hospitality sector. Research by Travel Weekly, the UK’s market-leading publication for the travel industry, has revealed that the number of people spending their annual summer break in the UK has gone up by 12% from 57% to 69%.
Posted by Richard Lake, Associate
The beginning of the year has seen a number of casualties in the retail and leisure sectors with numerous household names entering CVAs and, in the case of the retail giant Toys “R” Us, collapsing altogether. Various retailers and leisure operators are falling foul of an increasingly challenging and competitive marketplace but what are CVAs, why have there been so many, and how will landlords be affected by them?