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High street-restaurant bosses have asked the Chancellor for a nine-month rent holiday to help you survive the coronavirus crisis.

Without it, about two millions of hospitality jobs are in danger, warned the Bar Owner Jonathan Downey.

He convinced the heads of chains such as Burger King , Wahaca and Nando's Back To his plea.

"The idea is quite simple, and the taxpayer does not cost you a thing," Mr Downey said.

no one in the industry "expects to be told to return to something like normal, until the middle of 2021, at the earliest," He Said .

"Without some extraordinary measures, we estimate that More Than half of the hospitality businesses and two million jobs will not survive," he warned.

Under the idea, the so-called #National time - out for The Next Nine Months , rent would be pushed back, so that the restaurants pay nothing until The First quarter of 2021.

"rental agreements will be extended by Nine Months so that these payments are not lost, only shifted to the back-end," said Downey, who bars of milk & honey, and London Union in the capital.

the landlord would be helpful also, according to The Plan , "with the same impact again on The Next Nine Months , the repayment of the loan".

The Proposal also other protection and support for landlords, but the measure should only include companies that were forced to by the government, said Downey.

"It is now clear that the hospitality company, since The First and strongest of The Virus , which is now The Last allowed to open it again. "

The letter to the Chancellor are the Rent signed by 14 other restaurant leaders and supported by associations like The British hospitality, The Music , the venue, trust The Night is the time Industries Association and UK Active.

"the Rents are a big Problem for the hospitality business - probably the greatest danger in a time when most of them have no revenue," said Kate Nicholls , chief executive of UKHospitality.

"We need to come up with a solution for this collective, in order to ensure that the hospitality business already in the years to come, must not suffer More Than their fair share. "

The Business bosses who have signed the appeal have come from Burger King , D& D, Dishoom, Gordon Ramsay group, Gymbox, Hirschen Group, Hawksmoor, JKS Restaurants, Leon, Living Ventures, Nando's, The Breakfast Club , Tortilla and Wahaca.

"While the existing measures taken by the government go some way to provide a lifeline for our industry, it is important that the support and the protection will be extended to landlords as well as tenants of business premises, to help ensure that a return to normality in the hopefully not-too-distant future," said Mark Selby , chief executive of Wahaca.

a Few large landlords, such as the Canary Wharf Group, have also confirmed that they support The Plan . However, Melanie Leech, leads the landlord said group of The British Property Federation,, missing on Nine Months of rent is a significant loss for an industry would be a rental charge of £2. 5 billion per quarter.

But Mr Downey said: "It is a solution that allows companies to work handout through The Next Nine Months in the direction of a bounce-back, and without The Need for a different government. "

"We need to find a way to make this work for all, and, although these early stages, it feels like an answer. "

The Bbc has register with the state for a response.

Source of news: bbc.com