Restored consumer confidence is the key to boosting levels of investment in the hospitality sector after a 6% – roughly £800m – year-on-year hit according to OakNorth Bank’s senior debt finance director.
Overall drinks sales across managed pubs and bars were 49% down on pre-lockdown levels on Saturday 4 July and 52% down on Sunday 5 July, new research has found.
Craft gin producer 6 O'Clock Gin has launched a new series of ready-to-drink products to its range. Find out more by watching the latest MA New Products Review video
Running a pub company when the pubs are closed was always going to be difficult, admits Punch Pubs & Co CEO Clive Chesser, who described the coronavirus crisis as the “most challenging period of my career to date”.
The owner of an award-winning clifftop Cornish pub in Crantock near Newquay claims Government guidelines for hospitality operators have created a ‘much more civilised atmosphere’ at her pub post-lockdown.
Global brewer Heineken has responded to claims it had been relabelling kegs of beer that had previously been taken from pubs amid the lockdown to replace, with new best before dates.
A Hertfordshire pub's chef owner has revealed life after lockdown for a revenue stream launched to serve its local community during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced it will be reducing food and drink prices across its pub estate a week after it revealed that they were set to increase.
With many customers still apprehensive to make return visits to pubs, operators are readying themselves for a long battle to restore confidence in the safety of drinking and dining out.
The founder of East London Liquor Company has stressed that the trials and tribulations of the Covid-19 lockdown can help the hospitality sector shake off its reputation for being low skilled.
With pub across the UK now starting to reopen, The Morning Advertiser spoke to a few operators across Surrey and Sussex about their experience of opening up on 4 July.
In light of pubs closing after people linked to the venues tested positive for coronavirus, The Morning Advertiser spoke with safety experts to find out what operators should be aware of if this happens to them.
The Morning Advertiser's (MA) editor Ed Bedington hosts a chat with St Austell Brewery’s Kevin Georgel to find out what’s grabbed his attention from the week’s headlines.
Amazon Prime Video’s three remaining Premier League fixtures for the 2019/20 season will be made available to pubs via broadcaster BT Sport, it has been confirmed.
As pubs and bars reopened in England on ‘Super Saturday’ and eager patrons enjoyed a pint, little thought was given to the hard work that went on behind the scenes by Innserve technicians and customer services team to ensure everything flowed smoothly.
With licensees able to offer customers a 50% discount on meals and soft drinks in August under the Government's Eat Out to Help Out Scheme, we take a look at how pubs can register.
Trade bodies and community-focused pub operators have voiced their concerns about feeling left out of the financial measures announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak this week (Wednesday 8 July).
Pubs can only exercise a limited degree of control over the social distancing of individuals on or near their premises, a licensing solicitor has explained.
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon is pumping more than €21m (approximately £18.8m) into a new pub and hotel in Dublin, Ireland, while earmarking a further £12m for opening new pubs and refurbishments in existing sites - a total of around £30.8m.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £30bn relief package to help the UK economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic – but what impact will it have on the pub trade's recovery?
Pubs have been handed a hefty financial support plan today by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, including a scheme giving customers up to £10 off each on sit-down meals and non-alcoholic drinks in August, as well as a significant VAT cut on food,...
Power to take action to prevent businesses from struggling as a result of having to pay a late-night levy could be a useful tool for a local authority striving to maintain a stable economy in their area.
With almost half of England’s pubs and bars reopening over the ‘Super Saturday’ 4 July weekend, The Morning Advertiser has run some numbers on the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on the sector so far.
The pubs code adjudicator (PCA) has revealed it has expanded its research capabilities ahead of a deep dive into the most effective ways to educate tied tenants on their code rights.
The sentence for a 23-year-old man who killed a fellow customer in a Northampton pub last year has been increased following an intervention by the Attorney General.
The operator behind the Roxy Ball Room, Roxy Lanes and Roxy Arcade concepts has revealed that its four venues in Leeds will offer entertainment ranging from bowling and beer pong to karaoke from 1 August.
A think tank has proposed every person in Britain be given a voucher to spend in the high street businesses hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis, including pubs.
The head of a city-based pub group was left feeling “incredulous” following a number of no-show bookings on the first weekend of trading after the Covid-19 shutdown.
The chief executive of Cornish brewer and pub operator St Austell has called upon the Chancellor for extended support for hospitality in his July Statement off the back of a “steady” return to trade post-lockdown.
‘How do I become a chef apprentice?’ is a question we hear all too frequently at The Morning Advertiser – fortunately we’ve been listening, and have compiled a guide that covers everything you need to know about how to become a chef with an apprenticeship,...
Let’s get the facts straight, you may be the next Gordon Ramsay or Angela Hartnett, but if you don’t have a proper Food Hygiene Certification you’ll never progress beyond Come Dine With Me.
You’re unlikely to come across a lot of French job titles during your quest for employment, that is, unless you’re a professional chef – cue 19th-century Chef Georges Auguste Escoffier's French Brigade system (or Brigade de cuisine) as detailed in...
Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer visited Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog’s Tower Hill pub in the City of London to discuss the group's reopening and posed with a can of its Barnard Castle Eye Test beer.
Well the predictions of carnage and mayhem failed to materialise, despite the best efforts of some media outlets and newspapers attempts to suggest otherwise.
More than 100 hospitality industry leaders have written to the Prime Minister backing a support and investment package to rejuvenate the pub and restaurant sectors in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
