So that's effectively everyone who works in a pub, club, theatre or restaurant out of work for at least 12 weeks?

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Is it? Or am I misunderstanding something?

Most of those won't be paid if they don't work and there won't be any customers.

Unless I missed it there was nothing said about them or what support there will be for them

It just sounded to me like they just want these employers to make the rules themselves and decide whether to close these venues themselves or lay off staff?

Yikes

That was terrible wasn't it!
Not actual useful advice, but vague.
Poor cafes and restaurants and bars- lots will close as a result of this. They and we need a clear period of time to close or not.

I feel it's a 'soft' lockdown approach they are going for.

Getting us to lock ourselves down.

Yes, my DC just lost her two jobs. She now has zero income.

I'm confused.

Were we told these facilities should
Close?

Was anything said about non essential shops. DH works in luxury retail (ugh that sounds so ridiculous), should his store be closing?

Yes, sadly it will be a difficult few months during which we all have to make sacrifices.

In Italy, Spain and France all Bars are Restaurants were forced to close!

The effect is going to be devastating on the high street, can't really see shops, pubs, restaurants public places ever recovering after 3+ months of this.

Plus I don't think people will initially take this seriously, so the military will be brought in with a curfew causing it to last longer ...

Devastating

Was anything said about non essential shops. DH works in luxury retail (ugh that sounds so ridiculous), should his store be closing?*

No, but I think they're just expecting businesses to take it upon themselves to close down at the moment tbh.

Some companies already have - Lush, Apple, Disney Store.

On social media. People are saying without the government closing them they can’t get any money from the insurance.

I'm absolutely fucked. The hotel I work in will not stay afloat.

They don't want to have to prop up the industry, that's why they haven't made it official advice.

No we weren't told they should close but that people should stay away from them. Even if they limp on they'll lay off most staff

Bojo dodged giving any definite answer when asked about this. A lot of people will be put in to penury because of this.

My husband is a chef so I hope he can still work. I'm a sahm so without his income we won't survive. Are restaurants actually closing or have people just been advised to avoid them?

Exactly, @Drivemybluecar. The government is chucking businesses under the bus. And all those jobs.

Think they've just been told to avoid

There will be massive redundancies.

Restaurants can do take out.

This is what has happened in Europe including for restaurants which don't usually.

They don't need to be told to close. If the public is told to avoid, they'll have to close as there'll be no one to serve, and no point in opening.

This has got the potential to absolutely destroy numerous leisure, travel and hospitality businesses. Having worked in hospitality for over 20 years I'm incredibly worried about my job for the first time ever.

If I lose my job it won't be as simple as 'work for a competitor' as they may never recover either.

Scary times especially as it's kind of outside anyone's control, and totally unprecedented

It's a pathetic and shameful response and must be to protect the insurance industry and themselves from any compensation claims.

"Oh, but we didn't tell you to close, so we aren't liable!". Despicable.

My DC got a call from #job1 just under an hour ago saying they're laying off staff now, because they'll have gone under by the weekend.

Her #job2 got canned yesterday.

No need for redundancies if you're on a zero hours contract. You'll just be told not to bother coming in. And a lot of workers in these industries are on zero hours.

If it were me, I would be looking for temp jobs in food production/distribution or supermarkets, they are going to be massively impacted by people sick and self isolated, they generally run 24/7 and will struggle to cope without extra staff.
DH works for a big cheese producer and they are talking about this at the moment.

It was disgusting. He’s just ensures that no business can claim insurance. I’m extremely angry 🤬