Shadow business minister Lucy Powell has warned that a ‘blanket approach’ to ending the Government-backed Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will see more pubs shuttered.
All 28 Premier League matches scheduled to be played in September will be broadcast live via existing partners Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC, the league has confirmed.
Hospitality groups Out Of the Woods and East Coast Concepts have both found buyers after being placed in administration while north west pub operator Red Fox & Peacock is poised to open its first freehold site following a seven-figure investment.
While around half of Brits have returned to their office in some capacity following Covid-19 lockdown, one-in-three would be comfortable doing a days’ work from a ‘pub office’ according to new research.
The operator behind the Great British Pub Award winning Chaplin’s and The Cellar Bar has described his first week of reopening as having exceeded trading expectations.
While the UK recently slipped into its first recession since 2009 off the back of the coronavirus lockdown, early signs are the ‘dynamics’ affecting the pub sector will be different to those at play 11 years ago.
Late-night operator The Deltic Group is set to slash 402 jobs in a redundancy consultation across its estate after a prolonged period of closure with no reopening date announced yet, reports have stated.
Lancashire-based brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has taken the 'unwelcome decision' to initiate a programme of redundancies in light of uncertainty around winter trading conditions.
Since reopening, many pub operators have taken to social media to lament experiences of customers being rude to pub staff or leaving unreasonable reviews online.
Kopparberg, Jura and Westons have all provided new product news in the past week while new brews from the likes of Adnams, Beavertown, Fourpure and television chef and environmental campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have also been confirmed
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More than 30 cidermakers have united in a campaign to grow the visibility of cider among the British public and encourage punters to be adventurous within the category.
Greater Manchester’s night-time economy adviser, Sacha Lord, has called on the Prime Minister to stop celebrating the return to work while almost 60% of night-time operators face closure without further backing.
A survey carried out by hospitality food supplier Bidfood has claimed consumers will be seeking a traditional Christmas but with caution, focusing on small gatherings with single serve dishes or personal buffet platters.
While post-lockdown trading has exceeded its best-case scenario trading forecasts, Revolution Bars Group continues to seek rent relief discussions with commercial landlords at almost half its sites.
The chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) and Thwaites’ CEO, Rick Bailey, explains how some of the UK’s oldest pub companies are weathering the Covid-19 pandemic.
The enforced coronavirus lockdown meant Scottish brewer and bar operator BrewDog lost 70% of its revenue overnight, causing co-founder James Watt serious concerns over whether the business would be able to trade once restrictions were lifted.
Pubs should still not host karaoke events amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has advised.
In addition to Kent-based brewer and operator Shepherd Neame investing a seven figure sum in one of its waterside pubs, Greene King, The Inn Collection Group and BrewDog have all confirmed new venues.
Sky Business has launched a new video series focusing on pub licensees’ preparations for the new football seasons in tandem with a range of new tools for its customers.
Commuters, tourists and residents need to be encouraged to get back to drinking and dining in the capital to secure the recovery of hospitality there, chief executives have said in a letter to the Prime Minister and Mayor of London.
With both sport and pubs making their long-awaited return from a blanket break in play, The Morning Advertiser (MA) asks how televised fixtures can help operators rediscover some pre-lockdown form.
