‘Damaging’ 10pm curfew killing pub momentum

Further reading:​

• Morning Advertiser backs #CancelTheCurfew​ - The Morning Advertiser​ is throwing its weight behind the #CancelTheCurfew campaign in a bid to raise the sector’s concerns to those in power.

• Talk of viable jobs 'condemns nightclubs to systematic closure'​ - The nation’s late-night venues have been left in a ‘deadly limbo’ by Government rhetoric on ‘viable jobs’, according to sector representatives. 

• One third of operators ‘won’t survive six months with curfew in place’​ - Some 35% of operators won’t survive six months with the 10pm curfew in effect, an industry poll has found.

• Two thirds of Brits claim thirst for pubs unaffected by 10pm curfew and table service rules​ - New restrictions including the Government’s controversial 10pm curfew don’t appear to have dampened drinkers’ enthusiasm for visiting pubs, according to new research.

• Face coverings ‘only for customer-facing roles’​ - Only customer-facing staff are required to wear a face covering, The Morning Advertiser​ understands.

• Boris Johnson urged to save pubs from 'bleakest of winters'​ - The Prime Minister has been pressed to issue sector-specific support for pubs, in a letter signed by more than 100 hospitality businesses.

• ‘Job Support Scheme is a shambles’​ - The Government’s replacement Job Support Scheme (JSS), which will take over from the furlough scheme from November, has been criticised by a Leeds-based multiple operator.

• Who are the winners and losers from the Chancellor’s ‘winter economy plan’? ​- Following on from his ‘mini-budget’ in July, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a ‘winter economy plan’ in the hope of encouraging the UK’s post-lockdown economy to snowball. But have pubs been given the cold shoulder?

• Jobs plan 'doesn’t go anywhere near far enough' for pubs​ - The Government’s freshly announced Job Support Scheme has been criticised as not going far enough to protect pub jobs.

• Christmas isn’t cancelled, as long as you do it right​ - Christmas celebrations in pubs, as long as coronavirus guidance and rules don’t re-escalate, will happen and could be lucrative for operators who get it right. 

• Why are pubs being blamed for a second coronavirus spike?​ - Throughout the coronavirus outbreak, pubs have been the subject of an inflated number of newspaper column inches with one outlet claiming they have become the focus for 'pandemic Britain’s culture wars'. But is it unfair the spotlight remains fixed on hospitality during a new wave of cases and Covid-secure measures?