All news articles for August 2020

Summer initiative: the scheme is due to end next week (Monday 31 August)

Treasury responds to EOTHO extension calls

By Nikkie Thatcher

The Treasury has issued a statement in reply to calls for the Eat Out to Help Out scheme to be extended, saying it has been popular because of it’s limited time availability.

Drinking dens: wet-led pubs have said they would like to see the Government offer them more support going into the autumn

'Trade has dipped on Eat Out To Help Out days'

By Emily Hawkins

Wet-led operators have said they are worried about the future of their businesses going into the autumn and called on the Government to extend support for community pubs.

Government initiative: the scheme started on 3 August

Three quarters of Brits want EOTHO extended

By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 77% of people who have used the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme would support an extension across September, new YouGov research has found.

New venue: “Beaverworld has been a long time in the making and we are thrilled we have now started brewing on site in Enfield,

Beavertown to open new £40m brewery

By Nikkie Thatcher

Beavertown Brewery has announced it is launching ‘London’s largest brewery’, allowing 90,000,000 pints to be produced a year – 10 times more than at its current Tottenham location.

Trade insight: operators have told of their despair around the lack of clarity as to when late-night venues can reopen

Lights out for late night?

By Georgia Cronin, MCA

Having already provided your full name and contact details, you pass by the thermal imaging camera and through the personal protection tunnel, where you remain for five seconds to ensure the chlorine dioxide has thoroughly disinfected your clothes and...

Coronavirus crisis: JD Wetherspoon said it expects an annual loss for the year ending 26 July

JD Wetherspoon pushed to annual loss

By Emily Hawkins

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has warned it will report an annual loss amid the coronavirus pandemic and its food sales will be subdued after the Government’s discount meal scheme ends.

Sustainability scheme: BrewDog has announced it plans to become carbon negative

BrewDog is now ‘carbon negative’

By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has announced it takes twice as much carbon out of the air as it emits in a bid to become the “world’s first carbon negative international beer business”.

Kick-off: Tottenham will face defending Premier League champions live on Amazon Prime on 16 December

Amazon Prime confirms 2020/21 Premier League fixtures

By Stuart Stone

Amazon has confirmed which fixtures from the forthcoming Premier League season will be exclusively broadcast via its Prime Video service after the 2020/21 schedule was revealed on 20 August.

Respect guidance: more than half (51%) of Generation Z – those aged between 18 and 24 years old – have visited a pub or bar at least once since sites reopened on 4 July

‘Generation congregate’ warned not to feel invincible

By Stuart Stone

While new Portman Group data has found that 18 to 24-year olds are most likely to have returned to pubs since lockdown, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official has warned them not to feel ‘invincible’.

More pours: which new products have launched in the past week?

New product round-up

Fruit flavoured serves the pick of latest product launches

By Stuart Stone

From a pair of passion fruit pours and a tayberry tipple to the launch of a trio of schnapps serves, there are berry rich pickings for operators among the glut of new fruit flavoured products in this week's round-up.

Critical importance: the BII, BBPA and UKHospitality have written an open letter to the hospitality sector

Mandatory contact tracing 'reality for our industry'

By Emily Hawkins

A trio of trade bodies representing the pub sector have written an open letter to operators on the “critical importance” of engaging customers in data collection for NHS Test and Trace.