NHS Track & Trace

Posted by jonathanfullarton - September 21, 2020 9:35 am Rule of six regulations affecting hospitality venues

From 18 September, hospitality venues in England are required to enforce the rule of 6. Or, face fines of up to £4,000.

Businesses and organisations, including hospitality, close contact services and leisure venues, will also be legally required to log details of customers, visitors and staff for NHS Test and Trace.  From Thursday 24 September, they will be required to display the official NHS QR code posters under law ahead of the new NHS COVID-19 app being rolled out nationally next week.

A summary of the new requirements

  • pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants in England are limited to take bookings of no more than 6 people
  • affected businesses will also need to ensure that people are not meeting in groups no larger than 6 people whilst on their premises, and ensure that there is sufficient space between tables
  • It will be also mandatory for businesses to collect customer, visitor and staff contact detail logs
  • From Thursday 24 September, businesses will also need to display the official NHS QR code posters to make it easier for people to check-in at different premises once the app is rolled out nationally. However, those visitors who have downloaded the NHS Track & Trace App can download their details directly.

The rule of 6 regulations will be enforced by Local Authorities, who will have the power to issue fines of up to £1,000 for venues that fail to comply.  Fines will increase to up to £4,000 for repeat offenders.

Businesses are expected to update their customers on the rules around QR codes by displaying the NHS Track & Trace QR posters and by also talking with their customers directly.

Services included in the new legal requirements are:

  • hospitality – including pubs, bars, restaurants and cafés
  • tourism and leisure – including gyms, swimming pools, hotels, museums, cinemas, zoos and theme parks 
  • close contact services – including hairdressers, facilities provided by local authorities, including town halls and civic centres (for events), libraries and children’s centres  

NHS QR Code

For details how to create a QR poster please click here.

For details on all Covid-19 measures please visit our Covid-10 Hub or talk to your local MFW office.

You will also find a range of Covid-19 coverage in the blog area of our website.  Please note that you can search by topic using the search criteria towards the top-right hand of the screen and search for Covid-19 to find all the relevant blogs.

MFW additional services to help you cope

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Our services include: 

  • Virtual financial staffing cover
  • Virtual FD services
  • Cash flow forecasting
  • Financial forecasts to help you in obtaining business loan funding from banks
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  • Bookkeeping
  • Payroll & BACS services
  • Credit control and business continuity services
  • Cloud accounting software solutions Alternatively, please contact your local MFW office (link) for further information as to how

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