Guide to re-opening restaurants from July 4th
The government published its guidance for re-opening restaurants and hospitality businesses to open safely from 4th July in the UK. This is a revised version of the document which runs to 43 pages. You can access the full version of the document here. Businesses which are permitted to open have certain criteria which they must adhere to. I won’t go into the details for non-restaurants here, but you can check the details on the government site if you need to. There are 8 areas for restaurants to consider in the document linked above: Thinking about risk Keeping your customers and visitors safe Who should go to work Social distancing for…
Flexible Furlough Scheme – Guidance for Employers July to October
From 1st July 2020, employers will have the flexibility to bring back furloughed employees for part-time work, for any amount of time and on any shift pattern, and still claim furlough grants for any of the employee’s normal hours which are not worked. Furlough pay will be calculated according to an employee’s usual working hours in a claim period minus the hours actually worked. The final date by which an employer can furlough an employee to benefit from the CJRS was 10th June 2020, as the scheme closes to new entrants from 30th June 2020 and an employee must have had a minimum 3-week furlough period before that date if…
Building a Better Restaurant Website
A few of you may know that I come from an IT background and spent about 14 years in the web and eCommerce space before opening my first restaurant 13 years ago. I still manage all our restaurants’ web presence, marketing, social media, etc and thought I would share a few cornerstones of what makes a successful restaurant website. Start with Why This is the first question you need to ask. Why does your website exist? Why are people be visiting your website? There are two reasons people visit your website – research and to find contact details. I discuss research more in Social Media & New Customer Acquisition where…
BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT
