{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/303963.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":303963,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"The hospitality sector needs urgent government action to survive coronavirus","background":"We need the government to follow UK Hospitality’s advice & provide the following support;\r\n\r\no Immediately suspending business rates payments for all hospitality businesses for this year\r\n\r\no Extending SSP coverage to hospitality businesses of all size\r\n\r\no Short-terms subsidies of staff wages","additional_details":"We are already seeing 25-45% drops in footfall and sales, which will only get worse now the advice is to stay away from pubs, clubs and social gatherings.\r\n\r\nHospitality is a cash business, the intangibility means if we don’t sell a seat or bed today, it can’t be sold tomorrow.\r\n\r\nIf something doesn’t happen there will be closures & massive job losses within the 3.2m people employed in our sector.\r\n\r\nWe are the heartbeat of the nation. People will need us more than ever once this is over.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-03-16T21:08:58.269Z","updated_at":"2020-03-24T16:49:28.936Z","rejected_at":"2020-03-24T16:49:28.939Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-16T21:36:14.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302162"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}