The COVID-19 pandemic has shut the doors of hotels, restaurants, cafes and the wider hospitality industry, with businesses missing key opportunities for trade around bank holidays, traditional busy times and during holiday and festive periods. The Tourism Recovery Taskforce was published just before the Budget last month and highlighted those very frustrations and fears voiced by the sector. That while there were wage supports, that something else was needed for businesses and venues forced to pull down the shutters on their premises.