'Make or break': pub and restaurant owners hope for reduction of 2-metre rule

The extent of physical distancing required when venues reopen could make a huge difference to incomes

Halving the 2-metre social distancing rule will turn running his pub from a “hobby” to a viable business, said Giles Shepherd, who bought the Laburnum Inn in Matlock, Derbyshire, six years ago.

This week, the strict rules on distancing which require people to stay 2 metres apart when they are out and about or at work are expected to be changed, in a move which will be welcomed by the hospitality industry.

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