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Nov 2020
12m 12s

Has hospitality been unfairly targeted?

The Telegraph
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It employs nearly one in ten UK workers, but it’s the industry set to suffer the most when England's new tier system comes into force. CEO of UKHospitality, Kate Nicholls tells Theodora Louloudis why limited evidence of infection in pubs and restaurants means the sector has been wrongly singled out, with ‘devastating’ consequences.

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