Coffee shops, restaurants and estate agents will be ‘first to reopen’

Coffee shops, restaurants and estate agents could be among the first to reopen on Britain’s high streets as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are lifted. A report given to ministers say these businesses are the most likely to boost the economy and pose the smallest risk of spreading the virus. All of these shops will have to … Read more

New Zealand set ease lockdown from NEXT WEEK and reopen businesses and restaurants 

New Zealand set to lift strict level four lockdown from NEXT WEEK as the government prepares to reopen businesses and restaurants New Zealand is likely to ease stage four restrictions and move to stage three This could see thousands of business reopen after a nation-wide shutdown The country locked down non-essential services on March 26 to … Read more

Food wholesalers offer online orders to public to sell stock that restaurants aren’t buying 

 JJ Foodservice  Order online for next day delivery – depending on your location The business who supplied Wasabi, You Me Sushi and schools are also now selling to the public.  Sezer Ozkul, Chief Products Officer told FEMAIL: ‘Our business literally changed overnight –  on March 21st we had an emergency strategy meeting.  ‘By the end … Read more

Instagram influencers ask bars and restaurants for freebies amid coronavirus

Instagram influencers have been slammed for trying to score free food and alcohol from businesses struggling through the coronavirus pandemic. Actor Harry Cook was outed online after asking wine company P & V Wine + Liquor Merchants for free alcohol in exchange for social media promotion. Restaurant critic John Lethlean exposed the 28-year-old’s direct messages … Read more

Google Maps app puts restaurants with delivery upfront so people know where to eat during lockdown

Google tweaks Maps app to highlight restaurants offering delivery options so people know where to order food during lockdown The tweak puts shortcuts on the home screen of the app to find delivery options It’s live on Android and iOS in the UK, US, Netherlands, and France Easier ways to find delivery could help local … Read more

‘Dogfight’ looms as landlords start suing restaurants over unpaid rent

‘Dogfight’ looms as landlords start suing restaurants over unpaid rent By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 23:11 BST, 4 April 2020 Some of Britain’s biggest landlords have called in lawyers to claw back the rent that shops and restaurants have refused to pay during the lockdown, … Read more

Locked-down London: Exclusive shops and restaurants are shut and boarded up as break-in fears grow

Exclusive shops and luxury hotels in London including Claridge’s and The Ritz have been shut and boarded up in the closed-down capital’s West End amid the coronavirus lockdown. High-end stores such as Dior and Givenchy have also been closed as the capital’s death toll surpasses 1,000.  It comes as stores adhere to social distancing rules … Read more

Uber Eats will add donate button for supporting restaurants struggling during coronavirus shutdowns

Uber Eats will add a donate button that allows users to support local restaurants struggling to stay afloat during coronavirus shutdowns Uber Eats is giving users an option to donate money to struggling restaurants The company will add a button to its delivery app Users will be able to donate directly to their restaurant of … Read more

Restaurant de L’Hôtel de Ville ranked No1 on the list of 100 best restaurants, Fat Duck is 14th

50 Core by Clare Smyth, London, Jonny Bone  51 Les Prés d’Eugénie, Eugénie-les-Bains, France, Michel Guérard 52 Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark, René Redzepi 53 Epicure, Le Bristol, Paris, Eric Frechon 54 Atelier Crenn, San Francisco, Dominique Crenn 55 Manresa Los Gatos, California, David Kinch 56 Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain, Andoni Luis Aduriz 57 Alain Ducasse au … Read more

Carluccio’s goes into administration putting future of restaurants in doubt

Carluccio’s goes into administration putting future of 71 restaurants and 2,000 jobs in doubt as rent-to-own giant Brighthouse also collapses By Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline Published: 13:58 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 14:11 BST, 30 March 2020 The Italian food chain Carluccio’s today announced it had gone into administration amid the coronavirus lockdown.    The … Read more