On Tuesday 17 November, the Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee will be looking at
the impact of coronavirus and the support measures available to
businesses and workers and hearing from businesses, unions and
representative business groups from sectors including retail,
leisure and hospitality.
For this session, the BEIS Committee will question – see full
witness list below - representatives from Marston's PLC, PureGym,
ExcludedUK, UKHospitality, Equity, British Retail Consortium,
Federation of Small Businesses, and Usdaw.
, Chair of the Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee said:
“Businesses across the country are facing a series of
challenges following the imposition of a second national lockdown
in England and Covid-measures in place across Britain. On
Tuesday, we will be keen to hear from businesses and workers, in
sectors including retail, leisure and hospitality, about their
views on the Chancellor’s latest support package, what they need
to survive over the coming months, and what can help them thrive
in the future. We will also want to look at the adequacy of
support measures for workers and the extent to which different
groups, including the self-employed, may have been excluded from
Government schemes.
“We will want to hear the views of our witnesses on the
impact of the pandemic on the labour market and how it is
affecting different groups, sectors and regions of the UK. On
Tuesday, we will also want to examine the case for more tailored,
sector specific support and what additional policies and measures
will be necessary to help protect jobs, boost skills and
training, and enable firms to create new jobs in the
future.”
Evidence session: The impact of coronavirus on businesses
and workers, 10.30am, Tuesday 17thNovember
Witnesses:
10.30am
- Helen Dickinson OBE, Chief Executive, The British Retail
Consortium;
- Mike Cherry OBE, National Chair, Federation of Small
Businesses;
- Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive, UKHospitality;
- Ralph Findlay, Chief Executive, Marston's PLC;
- Humphrey Cobbold, Chief Executive, PureGym
Around 11.30am
- Dr Sonali Joshi, Founder and Director of Policy and
Communications, ExcludedUK;
- Paul Fleming, General Secretary, Equity;
- Tony Dale, Head of Research, Union of Shop, Distributive and
Allied Workers
