There is no sense that ministers will consider changing rules to split pub gardens into smoking and non-smoking areas, according to UKHospitality’s (UKH) chief executive Kate Nicholls.
The founder of Piano Works has proposed that the UK’s hospitality sector could safely reopen if pubs, bars and restaurants are allowed to serve customers seated on streets and squares after lockdown.
By Sam Ulph, founder and CEO of e-commerce tech company StarStock
Reinventing your business is one thing – doing it in the space of a week is another, especially in the middle of a global crisis ravaging your industry.
Pubs facing challenges in claiming on their business interruption insurance policies should not give up and simply accept their insurer’s initial denial, writes Catrin Povey who leads Capital Law’s insurance practice.
The UK and Ireland’s largest trade union Unite is calling for a drinks sector “summit” to establish how stock can be safely delivered to post-lockdown pubs.
A multiple site operator is encouraging pubs across the country to ‘hand in their keys’ to their MPs this week, to highlight the pain of paying rent at this time.
Social distancing, further innovation and concerns about the end of the furlough scheme are three points operators are taking into consideration when planning to reopen.
The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has announced it will offer free access to mental health app Woebot amid soaring demand for personal support during the ongoing novel coronavirus emergency.
Government financial support for the pub trade is not expected to drop off a cliff once lockdown measures are lifted and businesses reopen, The Morning Advertiser (MA) understands.
Pubs continue to adapt and evolve in a bid to survive the current coronavirus crisis. The Morning Advertiser visited the Rose & Crown in Cuckfield, West Sussex, to find out how new licensee James Clark has turned his once-thriving local into a real...
A bar operator has said she is struggling to save her business after being told one of her venues is ineligible for a grant after an inaccuracy on the rates register.
Unite the union has joined calls for the cancellation of rent on closed pubs as it seeks to prevent mass closures and jobs losses as a consequence of the Covid-19 emergency.
A former licensee has received a community award from the Prime Minister for hosting an online pub quiz to raise money for charity, which featured famous celebrities including Stephen Fry.
Both the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) have argued that Scotland’s recently rubber-stamped deposit return scheme (DRS) could saddle drinks makers across the UK with extra costs.
Calls for Government to intervene in and broker rent solutions between hospitality businesses and landlords have been stepped up as UKHospitality (UKH) has pressed for a National Time Out.
The lockdown has presented an opportunity for operators to re-evaluate their business and be in a strong position for reopening, one multiple operator has said.
Insight tracker CGA has revealed the attitudes of Chinese consumers towards eating and drinking out of home, meaning UK pubs can look to their international peers for an idea of how the public will feel about visiting in the months after reopening.
The Morning Advertiser's editor Ed Bedington reviews the biggest news stories from the pub sector after another week in lockdown ahead of the weekend of 16 and 17 May.
Support packages for the hospitality industry must continue and evolve to the end of 2020 and into the beginning of next year, one trade leader has urged.
Tom Talbot of Livelyhood Pub Company and City Pub Group’s Clive Watson dialled in to MA500’s online conference to discuss what Covid-19 financial support they had received and how it had helped their businesses survive shutdown.
Pubs have been forced to flex their operational muscles during these testing times and some have decided to take on the supermarkets by opening shops on-site
Most operators, asked in a snapshot poll of hospitality leaders, have said it will take up to two years to reach pre-coronavirus lockdown profit levels, while 88% of those asked have not agreed favourable rent terms with landlords over the coming months.
Lockdown can affect people in different ways and, once it is eased, people must be able to cope. One way could be to sample lower alcohol drinks in the off-trade.
The chief executive of one of the UK’s largest trade bodies representing the pub sector has reiterated the Government’s warning that employers should not abuse the furlough system.
Space and rural location is going to be key when it comes to maintaining property values in a post-lockdown world, a leading property expert has claimed.
Pubs will face a “a new beginning entirely” when reopening after the coronavirus lockdown, which will require changes in licensing legislation and the experience pubs offer, according to a paper from the Institute of Licensing (IoL).
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown the world into a health and economic downward spiral but the UK Government has, and continues, to offer lifelines to the hospitality sector. Here is what’s available to pubs.
The Department for Business, Energy and industrial Strategy (BEIS) will head a new Government task force to establish how and when pubs can safely reopen after Covid-19 lockdown.
A freehouse licensee has told The Morning Advertiser of the struggles she is facing while trying to pay the mortgage on her pub amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Pub operator and brewer Marston’s has announced further measures to strengthen its balance sheet in a bid to weather the ongoing novel coronavirus emergency.
While Brits were doing their best to enjoy a VE Day bank holiday weekend in lockdown, Denmark cut social distancing from two metres to one metre in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance. Could a similar step help UK pubs when the time comes...
Further grant support from the Government will be needed if pubs are to open under any kind of restrictions, according to one of the UK’s leading pub company bosses.
The operator behind the Circus Tavern in Manchester – which boasts the smallest bar in Europe – has described the difficulty of reopening with social distancing measures in place.
Carlsberg UK has launched a new digital platform that enables pub regulars to buy from and donate to their local during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
A new beer delivery app developed by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has initiated close to £10,000 of sales since launching before the VE Day bank holiday weekend.
The Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), commonly known as furlough, will be extended by four months to the end of October, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak outlined in a series of tweets today (12 May).
The Government’s 50-page Covid-19 recovery plan states that ‘at least some’ pubs could open as early as 4 July. But what measures does it suggest could be in place to protect staff when they return to work?
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is expected to reveal the future of the furlough scheme later today (Tuesday 12 May), amid calls for it to be extended.
The Government is hoping to open businesses including some pubs this summer (4 July), as part of the final phase of its three-step plan to ease lockdown restrictions.
