Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a raft of schemes designed to help companies after Christmas bookings were cancelled and Brits reined in their socialising over Covid fears.It adds to the existing measures including business rates relief for certain firms.
Pubs and restaurants complained that, despite not being placed under restrictions, customers were reducing their mixing and cancelling Christmas events after weeks of gloomy warnings from Government experts and scientists. That is likely to go to retailers, suppliers and the landlords of space occupied by companies that are struggling.
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