MORE Crewe cafes and restaurants have signed up with the government's 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme which started today.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's initiative is proving popular and 15 more venues in the area have joined in the hope it will provide a boost to trade as lockdown eases.

Among those signing up are Crewe Hall Hotel, Riminis Coffee Lounge in Victoria Street and the Passage to India restaurant in Nantwich Road.

The scheme offers diners 50 per cent discounts off food and non-alcoholic drinks from Monday to Wednesday with the venues deducting the money off diners' bills and then claiming it back from the government.

Customers don't have to order food to be eligible and there is no minimum spend, but the maximum discount available is £10 per person.

The offer does not require a voucher and runs from today (August 3) to August 31.

Here is the latest list of Crewe venues to have added their names to the scheme:

Jan's Occasional Cakes, Nantwich Road.

RX Lounge Ltd, Underwood Industrial Estate, Underwood Lane.

Open Mind Café, Walthall Street.

The Hall (next to Funsters), Stalbridge Road.

Riminis Coffee Lounge,Victoria Street.

Gelatos House, Nantwich Road.

Passage to India, Nantwich Road.

Spiceology, Nantwich Road.

Cheerbrook Farm, Newcastle Road.

Coach and Horses, Middlewich Road, Bradfield Green.

The White Lion, Warmingham Road.

Radius Cafe, Emperor Way, Crewe Business Park.

Crewe Hall Hotel, Weston Road.

The Red Lion, Main Road, Wybunbury.

Subway, Market Street Crewe

Those who had PREVIOUSLY joined the scheme include: Park Life Café, The Pantree Coffee and Tea Lounge, Spedalis Coffee Shop and Eatery, Vernon's Fish Bar, Rhode Island Coffee, CW2 Burger, Bru Cafe and Coffee, The Nags Head, Giovannis, Crewe Arms Hotel, Hunters Lodge Hotel, The Lamb at Willaston, Ego at the Fox Inn, The Bakery Cafe at Haslington, The Vine Inn in Rope Lane and The White Lion at Weston.

To be eligible venues must have a designated dining or drinking area, or access to one, and have been registered with their local authority since at least July 7 this year.