It's snow joke - how has it affected you?

It takes more than a few inches of snow to stop Kitchen Rat from digging around for hospitality gossip, but how have you been affected by this morning's weather?

Hoteliers - are you putting on extra entertainment for guests stuck indoors?

Restaurateurs - are you expecting anyone to turn up today?

Pubs - people are off work in their droves, could this be good for you?

Caterers - not much call for workplace dining or school meals one would assume?

Let us know!

Update 12.00: Kitchen Rat can exclusively reveal that the Compass Group-run staff restaurant at Caterer Towers in Sutton is closed...

Update 12.45: Word from the Oxo Tower Restaurant in London, which is open for both lunch and dinner today. We are told that customers will be given hand warmers while outside on the terrace. Their coats will also be kept warm while dining.

Update 15.30: The Federation of Small Businesses has estimated that 20% of the UK's working population, or 6.4 million people, would not make it to work today, costing the economy at least £1.2b. 

And Stephen Alambritis, spokesman for the lobby group, said the actual cost was likely to be even higher.

"There is also the knock-on effect of passing trade going down as people won't be buying their sandwiches for lunch or picking up a coffee or newspaper," he told the BBC.

Update 16.00: Hotels near Heathrow Airport are reporting being "overwhelmed" by stranded passengers seeking rooms for the night. 

Update 16.35: Hotels in London are beginning to put the "fully booked" signs out as employers pay for staff to stay overnight rather than risk travelling home.

Update 17.25: Caterer understands that hotels near Heathrow Airport are now 100% booked...

Final update of the day (KR is retiring to warmer climes): We're getting heart warming reports of old fashioned east end sing songs in London boozers. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow..."