Yesterday our Eat Out to Help Out scheme concluded, which over the last month has delivered a vital boost for our hospitality sector after it was hit hard by coronavirus.
• The lockdown measures introduced in March were vital in saving lives and stopping the spread of coronavirus, but we recognise the enormous impact this has had on our economy, and especially on the hospitality sector.
• That is why at the start of August we launched our Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which has already been used over 64 million times to give people discounted meals, getting customers back into local businesses to drive our economic recovery and helping to protect the jobs of the 1.8 million people who work in the hospitality sector.
• This scheme has kept more money in hardworking families’ pockets whilst giving the UK’s hospitality sector the vital boost it needs as it continues its recovery from coronavirus – and we urge diners to maintain this momentum to help continue our economic recovery in the months ahead.
