COVID-19: The wedding industry is in peril. Now, businesses want the government to vow that they'll help

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Many of the 60,000 firms in this £14.7bn sector, which employs about 400,000 workers, have been pushed to the brink of closure.

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She told Sky News:"I'm doing all I can to keep my business here and keep it alive because I've got couples that are waiting for me to be able to do their weddings later this year. She told Sky News that COVID-19 has"decimated" her industry, and that the government needs to"give us clarity or there's the danger of losing whole year's work".

Hollie and Chris Zelli exchanged their vows in a micro-wedding last October - but after a change in coronavirus restrictions, they were forced to cut their guest list down from 30 to 15 at the last minute.

 

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Its all far to expensive, I nipped the registration office, signed up then went KFC on the way home, cost me bugger all and I'm just as married and miserable as the rest of you apart from the fact I spent the saved money on crap I wanted.

is defence safe with the conservatives after the £394bn spent on covid? 'It is understood that he suggested he could reduce the overall target size of the service by 10,000 personnel so that more money could be spent on technology.'

It's difficult to have sympathy for the wedding industry due to the fact that they've ripped people off for years. If you want flowers and go to a florist on a normal day they're £50, tell them they're wedding flowers and suddenly they're £200.

Feel sorry for the employees but the owners not so much. The whole industry is a rip off and so over inflated in terms of price. At least people can have a cheaper weddings that are in there price range at the moment and not be made to feel bad about it.

5th rearrangement 😤

Good. They con people into spending vast sums. A truly vile 'industry'.

Wedding Co, Pubs, Restaurants, Football Clubs, Holiday Sector, Airlines, the list is endless. The only winners are, Public sector, Pharmaceuticals and Broadcasters. Everyone else has been fucked.

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Waste of money

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My friend suppose to be getting married 👰 ⛪ April 30th, this year. Won't be happening now I don't reckon because Boris and chumps continue to drag their feet and give no clear guidance when it'll return 'safe to do so', isn't good enough you jokers 🃏

Coronavirus restrictions meant about 220,000 weddings were postponed last year, meaning 94% of celebrations didn't go ahead.

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