From April 12, businesses will be allowed to serve takeaways and welcome guests outdoors. Under the rules, pubs, restaurants, bars, and cafes can toturn outdoor spaces – such as car parks – into makeshift drinking and dining areas. Hospitality venues had to shut their doors in January as the third national lockdown came into force following a rise in new variant infections. (Image: Adam Gerrard / Daily Mirror)It is hoped that hospitality venues will follow for indoor drinking and dining from mid-May, when restrictions will ease further. Hospitality businesses have been hit particularly hard by lockdown closures and restrictions.

Source: Daily Mirror April 11, 2021 06:20 UTC