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More than 64 million meals have now been claimed by diners since the Government launched the Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme at the start of the month. The Treasury said this represents a continued 'upward trend' in dining, after 10.5 million meals were claimed in the first week, before climbing to a total of 35 million for the first two weeks. A total of 87,000 claims have been made by restaurants and cafes signed up to the scheme. Pub and hospitality leaders have called on the Treasury to extend the scheme, which has now entered its fourth week.
A historic shipbuilding yard in north Devon is to reopen after it was bought by the natural gas storage company InfraStrata in a £7m deal on Tuesday. The Appledore Shipyard, in Bideford, closed in March 2019 after its owners, Babcock, said its future was not secure, despite the offer of a £60m Ministry of Defence contract. InfraStrata, which also owns Belfast’s Harland & Wolff (H&W), said the Appledore yard’s ability to cater for smaller vessels was “a market segment that cannot be ignored”. Boris Johnson visited the site on Tuesday and said it had a “massive history but it’s also got a great future”.
The suspension of Cunard cruises has been extended until March due to the coronavirus pandemic. It means the Southampton-based company, which is part of the Carnival group, will have paused operations for an entire year. Cunard's three ships began to sail back to Southampton in March when it halted all its cruises.
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