Music must be turned down low, ketchup sachets will replace bottles, and pints should be ordered on your smartphone in pubs and restaurants in Exmouth and the rest of England, new guidance from the Government has said.

The guidelines published on Wednesday, ahead of lock down measures easing on July 4, ask restaurant and pub bosses to ensure that customers and staff can be safe while enjoying a drink or a meal.

It includes obvious measures, such as ensuring social distancing, cleaning bathrooms and reducing contact between people.

The landlord of Exmouth town centre pub Spoken, George Nightingale, spoke to Nub News yesterday, he said: "We are very excited to be given an opening date to work towards. It has been a very difficult few months for the whole industry and this is an exciting first step.

"The outline plans the government have introduced seem to be workable for us. It is of course very much down to the customers themselves as to how successful the re-launch will be.

"We have introduced a number of measures to reduce capacity, further reduce the possibility of any spread of Coronavirus by reducing touch-points for staff and any other measures that come from the government.

"Overall this is a good step forward for society as a whole and providing we all play our part, I see no risk of spreading the virus and we look forward to providing smiles and good times for our customers once again.

"We have used the down-time as an opportunity to refurbish, work on new menus and generally put right all the things we wouldn't be able to if open. Spoken is ready for customers, we just hope that the customers are ready to come out!"

The atmosphere inside venues is likely to change considerably.

Not only will they welcome fewer people in order to ensure that customers are sat further apart, but the stereo, or football match on the TV, will also be turned down.

The guidance reads: "All venues should ensure that steps are taken to avoid people needing to unduly raise their voices to each other. This includes, but is not limited to, refraining from playing music or broadcasts that may encourage shouting, including if played at a volume that makes normal conversation difficult."

This is because as people start shouting or speaking up they are more likely to launch the virus into the air and spread it to other customers - so-called aerosol transmission.

Pubs and restaurants will also be asked to get their customers to order food directly to their tables using a smartphone app, where possible.

Another casualty of the coronavirus restrictions is likely to be the bottle of vinegar or jar of mayonnaise, as the Government encourages businesses to replace these with disposable alternatives.

And gone are the days of picking up your own knives and forks at the counter. Cutlery should only be brought to the table with the food, according to the Government recommendations.

Meanwhile, queues are here to stay, as the guidance to ensure that people wait their turn outside venues.

This will mean that managers have to cooperate with their neighbours to ensure that queues waiting to get into two places do not mingle.

This cooperation could stretch as far as staggering opening times to ensure that people are not queuing and taking public transport to the venue at the same time.