NEW & UPDATED: Guidance for pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels and other guest accommodation on how to reopen safely on 4th July

On the 23rd of June government guidance on opening safely on the 4th of July was updated for pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels and guest accommodation. You can see the full guidance HERE under the following headings:

1. Thinking about risk

• 1.1 Managing risk
• 1.2 Sharing your risk assessment

2. Keeping your customers and visitors safe

• 2.1 Keeping your customers and visitors safe
• 2.2 Managing service of food and drink at a venue
• 2.3 Customer toilets
• 2.4 Providing and explaining available guidance

3. Who should go to work?

• 3.1 Protecting people who are at higher risk
• 3.2 People who need to self-isolate
• 3.3 Equality in the workplace

4. Social distancing for workers

• 4.1 Coming to work and leaving work
• 4.2 Moving around venues
• 4.3 Working areas
• 4.4 Food preparation areas
• 4.5 Entertainment
• 4.6 Meetings
• 4.7 Back of house and common areas
• 4.8 Accidents, security and other incidents

4. Managing your customers, visitors and contractors

• 4.1 Manage contacts
• 4.2 Providing and explaining available guidance

5. Cleaning the workplace

• 5.1 Before reopening
• 5.2 Keeping the venue clean
• 5.3 Keeping the kitchen clean
• 5.4 Hygiene handwashing, sanitation facilities and toilets
• 5.5 Changing rooms and showers
• 5.6 Handling goods, merchandise and other materials, and onsite vehicles

6. Personal protective equipment (PPE) and face coverings

• 6.1 Face coverings

7. Workforce management

• 7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
• 7.2 Work-related travel
• 7.3 Communications and training

8. Inbound and outbound goods

To maintain social-distancing and avoid surface transmission when goods enter and leave the site.