The owners made a post on Facebook on Boxing Day, saying the decision was made due to the current health crisis. 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Read RT Privacy policy to find out more. “And yes, it will get better.”. “We’re a small business, we’re a family-owned business. Debenhams reveals six stores - including flagship Oxford Street branch - will not reopen after lockdown. While gatherings are to be limited to no more than two people as of Tuesday, this element will be loosened slightly next week, with three adult visitors allowed in homes for three days at Christmas. Pharmacies, grocery stores, and banks are allowed to remain open, though restaurants and bars are not. Baltzis says Pickering Markets gave them a break on rent for the first three months. This website uses cookies. Ontario enters provincewide lockdown in effort to curb rising coronavirus case counts. “I believe in small business and the fact that that is what is being sacrificed is so hard, I want to keep it going.”. “Even after the first lockdown, we were on the verge of not being able to recover.”. Share this story! “It’s a little crushing, right? 2021 has begun in crisis mode for Boris Johnson’s government as it scrambles to control new Covid infections by closing schools and implementing a new national lockdown… “If we can find a new home for it, I would love to give it a second shot,” says the GM. Lockdown is slated to finish on December 2 - … Consumers will choose as Kingston’s small business owners react to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. The new lockdown - the third time a national shutdown has been introduced - is expected to last until the middle of February. Oregon's top elected official on Friday announced the most extensive restrictions on in-person gatherings since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anti-EU sentiment escalates in NORWAY, and after a torrid time with Brexit, Hungary and Poland, is Brussels on the ropes? Due to COVID-19 lockdown, Pickering Markets closing its doors after nearly 50 years. “The Netherlands is closing down,” Rutte announced. As a result, vendors will have to close or find another means of doing business, much like many others over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Problems at Debenhams pre-date the … However, this changed and the effects of the third national lockdown transformed the area into a … ENGLAND'S lockdown could be toughened up in a handful of different ways, including with extra mask rules and closing loopholes letting people meet up with friends from other households. 'Pubs were closing before the lockdown, we must get them back to their heyday' Apparently we must save the pub – but before lockdown pubs were shutting already. They even got a break from the City of Pickering on municipal licensing fees, which were reduced by 90 per cent. Rutte announced the move in a televised address on Monday as protesters demonstrating against Covid restrictions gathered outside his office in The Hague. Erik Tamm, general manager of Pickering Markets, says after months of cash going out with little money coming in, it wasn’t feasible anymore to continue. Pattaya has re-opened for trade after the latest coronavirus lockdown. No 10 considers a tougher lockdown 'with curfews, exercise limits, compulsory masks outside, no support bubbles and nurseries shut' if Covid cases keep rising' - … We’re losing hundreds of thousands of dollars a month with no date of when this is going to reopen,” says Tamm. Think your friends would be interested? Under the new lockdown – the country’s second so far during the pandemic – all schools and shops will shut from Tuesday until January 18, while public spaces and facilities including daycare centers, hairdressers, gyms, and cinemas are to close until January 19. The city’s mayor, Dave Ryan, said in a statement the establishment has been a … Trump would LOVE to spite US Deep State by pardoning Snowden⦠and thatâs why it might just happen. On Sunday, Dutch officials announced that new infections had jumped by almost 10,000 in the previous 24 hours – the largest such increase since October. Yes, as part of Lockdown 2, hairdressers and barbers will be forced to close their doors from next week. But they say they are open to other options if they present themselves. However it seems a little bit of an exaggeration for local news reports to suggest that Pattaya's nightlife looks dead and buried. This has been our family legacy for a while. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced the country will go into lockdown for at least the next five weeks, with few concessions being granted for celebrations over the coming Christmas period. “It was a vibrant, eclectic, and multicultural destination for countless bargain hunters in the region.”. Please read our Commenting Policy first. But the Boxing Day lockdown proved to be too much as the future is still uncertain for thousands of business owners in the region. Under the new lockdown – the country’s second so far during the pandemic – all schools and shops will shut from Tuesday until January 18, while public spaces and facilities including daycare centers, hairdressers, gyms, and cinemas are to close until January 19. The location is more than 140,000-square-feet in size and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to run. “(The second lockdown) was just the final nail in the coffin,” he said. Pickering Markets was forced to close in March during the first lockdown and reopened in June. We aren’t a large corporation that has endless pockets,” he says. “The markets have been an integral part of our business and community landscape for nearly half a century,” Ryan said in the statement. “How do you survive with the unknown. Want to discuss? “COVID-19 has taken its toll on so many small businesses and we were no exception,” it said in the post. So we have some really, really great customers,” says Baltzis. Read more: The country has recorded over 630,000 cases to date in the pandemic, and more than 10,100 deaths. Suffolk Police officers visited the Spice of Balti restaurant in Bungay following concerns raised by members of the public, and found customers sitting around a table eating takeaway food, while others were sat at the bar drinking. “We have to do everything to get to a better place,” he added. A Bungay restaurant has been fined £1,000 for refusing to close during the third national lockdown. The owner of the food stand says the business has been his family’s bread and butter for the past 30 years. “The suddenness of it, no one had any indication that this was going to happen,” says Ray, who has run his shop for the past year and half. Releasing new weekly figures over the weekend, health officials said the increase in new infections was a “cause for concern,” as over a quarter more new cases (43,103) have been reported over the past seven days than were recorded during the previous week (33,949). Under the previous three tier system every Center Parcs in the UK was open - … They say they will also reach out to the business to discuss the idea of a new location. The Netherlands has seen a spike in cases since the traditional gift-giving December 5 holiday celebrating St Nicholas. Now everyone is scrambling to get out, including the owner of King Kabob, Michael Baltzis. England will enter its toughest nationwide lockdown since March, with schools closed until mid-February, as Boris Johnson warned that the weeks ahead “will … Tamm says they weren’t eligible for any government help, making the situation even harder. 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Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization âTV-Novostiâ, 2005â2021. Pickering Markets was forced to close in March during the first lockdown and reopened in June. The news was a shock to the hundreds of people who have booths inside â like antique seller Cliff Ray. The city’s mayor, Dave Ryan, said in a statement the establishment has been a staple in the area. The city says they are trying to help find a solution for the hundreds of vendors impacted by the closure. “I can see management has been doing the best that they can do to keep us going and keep us afloat,” he says. Holiday village company Center Parcs is to close all its UK resorts after the latest lockdown news. All rights reserved. © 2020 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Pickering Markets announces they are closing their doors, Owners of the popular flea market say with bills adding up to hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly, a second lockdown became too much for them to handle. Rutte also called on the public to restrict their movements as much as possible, including working from home and not traveling abroad until mid-March. Although they agree it was sudden, they say the surprise announcement of another full lockdown caught them off guard. Two people were arrested, police later said. The Pickering flea market is shutting down permanently after 47 years in business. “We realize the gravity of our decisions, right before Christmas.”. He says that while the news comes as a surprise, he understands why and says they took care of them. 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