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Daily bulletin - Wednesday 8 April
The Morning Advertiser's editor Ed Bedington delivers a rundown of the latest news for pubs regarding coronavirus including news that more than 20% of pubs have been left out of the Government’s grant scheme because they have rateable values of – or more than – £51,000.
Further reading:
- More than 20% pubs lose out on Government grant as rateable value too high - Almost 10,000 pubs have been left out of the Government’s grant scheme because they have rateable values of – or more than – £51,000.
- Pub staff can still receive training if furloughed - The Government has updated its guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to say that pub employers can continue training their staff even if they have been furloughed.
- Government ‘must make U-turn on tronc exclusion from CJRS’ - Tronc payments are currently not including in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), a decision that has been met with calls to reconsider.
- Pubgoers call for pubco bosses to cancel rents - Beer drinkers and pubgoers across the nation are sending emails in their thousands to pub company bosses, asking them to cancel rents to save local pubs from permanent closure.
