A number of on-trade figures, including a Great British Pub Awards finalist, have been recognised among celebrities, hospital workers and footballers in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for their services to the industry and community.
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the pub company behind brands including Sizzling Pubs, Toby Carvery, All Bar One and Nicholson’s, has opened redundancy consultations for staff.
New tier two Covid-19 restrictions banning different households from mixing indoors could be introduced across the capital as early as this week, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.
In its latest attempt to stem the pandemic tide, the Government has unveiled three new levels of lockdown measures across England – but how will pubs in different tiers be affected?
A survey of more than 700 companies across the restaurant, pub, bar and fast-food sectors has found an estimated one in five workers have lost their jobs since January.
The Morning Advertiser takes a look at how coronavirus has affected pubs in Scotland from when lockdown was first announced at the beginning of spring this year.
Night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester Sacha Lord has initiated legal proceedings to challenge a reported Government lockdown of hospitality venues in the north.
The Chancellor’s expansion of the Job Support Scheme (JSS) for areas in local lockdown has been lauded by the on-trade however, industry bodies have called for further financial aid.
Britain has almost 25,000 fewer restaurants, pubs, bars and other licensed sites open than it did prior to Covid-19 lockdown in March, new research from CGA and AlixPartners has found.
Pub operators with existing Sky Sports and BT Sport subscriptions will not be asked to stump up the extra £14.95 pay-per-view charge to screen Premier League games not already picked for broadcast.
While operators may have missed a large chunk of the summer cider love-in this year, far from serving up a rotten apple, autumn and winter could yet offer a golden opportunity for profits.
Fuller’s chief executive has said he is optimistic his London-based estate can overcome “short term challenges”, in an interview with The Morning Advertiser (MA).
Intercontinental Brands has added a spiced rum pledging 10% of its profits to the Barbados Sea Turtle Project to its brand portfolio, while new spirit releases from the likes of The Moore House Cocktail Company, JJ Whitley Vodka, Jatt Life also landed....
Heineken’s pub arm Star Pubs & Bars has revealed extended rent concessions for its leased and tenanted pubs throughout November at a cost to the company of £2.8m
With pandemic restrictions being imposed on hospitality businesses both across the UK and further afield, The Morning Advertiser (MA) has taken a closer look at how night spots in some of Europe's major cities are being affected by Covid-19's...
Despite a frosty winter forecast and a Government shaped dent in September trading, Peach Pubs is ‘in as good a place as any hospitality business’ according to founder Hamish Stoddart.
While both Greene King and Eclectic Bars set out redundancy plans, Liberation Group unveiled a company-wide shake-up and Incipio Group announced a new signing.
Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame revealed that it has reopened 'nearly all' of its pubs, traded successfully and and benefitted from the Eat Out To Help Out Scheme in the 13 weeks since reopening.
The Scottish Government have made pubs and bars a “sacrificial lamb” according to one trade body ahead of a temporary closure of hospitality in parts of the country.
Several pubcos have warned of severe job cuts as the end of furlough approaches, meaning experts' predictions at the start of the pandemic are beginning come true.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has outlined further restrictions for pubs in Scotland, including the two-week closure of pubs in five areas in the central belt.
Nottingham’s night spots will receive mystery visits as well as social media and review site checks under the city’s new Covid-19 Aware Nightlife Accreditation Scheme.
While multiple operators Trust Inns and Arc Inspirations have both announced expansions, brewer and pub operator Greene King announced the closure of more than half of its Loch Fyne sites.
The night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester has said that the Government must issue a sector-specific support package to prevent mass job losses this winter.
From darts and touch screens to shuffleboard pucks, the average competitive socialising venue is armed to the teeth with more potential fomites than you can shake a crazy golf putter at.
Colossal job losses in hospitality can be expected if the Government does not adapt its current support package for the sector or even limit restrictions on the trade, it is feared.
A raft of localised coronavirus measures have come into effect across different parts of the country in the past fortnight. Here's how The Morning Advertiser's readers described their impact so far.
The Government has said the decision to implement the 10pm curfew on hospitality businesses including pubs “strikes a balance between the economy and saving lives”.
While the Premier League recently revised its kick-off times to ensure that fans have the opportunity to watch games before the Government’s pub curfew, 10pm closure could yet kick a number of lucrative sporting events into touch.
Some 55% of businesses have reported a further drop in revenue of two fifths (60%) since new restrictions and the 10pm curfew was enforced at the end of last month (24 September), a new study has revealed.
The Premier League has revealed a total of 15 matches, five each weekend after the forthcoming international break, will be broadcast live via Sky Sports and BT Sport.
Some 69% of hospitality and leisure operators are having to weigh up insolvency or a restructure with current rent levels remaining unaffordable for the vast majority of companies, new research has found.
Premium restaurant and cocktail bar operator The Alchemist has joined forces with Grey Goose and social enterprise Foodinate to offer visitors to two of its sites in Leeds, a free cocktail in exchange for food donations.
London’s Thirsty Bear, a finalist in the 2017 Great British Pub Awards’ Best for Sport category, will reopen on Saturday 17 October after fire forced it to close in July.
