In a year when everything was different, one thing that turned remarkably quickly were the wheels of justice in establishing remote hearings and meetings.
In addition to City Pub Group buying the freehold of a London site, Greene King has taken on the excitement of the Euros football tournament with a pub rebrand.
Pubgoers are predicted to buy 5.25m pints tomorrow (Tuesday 29 June) when England face Germany in the knockout stages of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, one trade body has estimated.
Coronavirus latest: The Government should leave venues to carry out their own risk assessments on the necessity of vaccination requirements, one pub group boss has said.
Nightlife bosses have said the sector has been “marginalised” after a long awaited Government report found just 10 coronavirus cases associated with clubbing pilots.
The big headlines this week focused on supplier issues alongside retention of staff and wages. The Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington dissects the latest news with Banwell House boss Toby Brett.
Night-time economy advisers in Bristol, London and Greater Manchester have written to the Chancellor urging for more support in an “unprecedented period of restrictions.”
With almost two thirds (64%) of the UK population now having been a first dose of the coronavirus jab, we take a look at the legal rules around staff and vaccines.
Achieving a culture of fairness through transparency by pub companies towards their tied tenants is central to the change in the sector the pubs code was created to secure.
More than half of respondents to a poll by The Morning Advertiser (MA) said they were “not at all confident” that restrictions would be lifted on 19 July.
In addition to people news from Livelyhood Pubs, Camden Town Brewery and Professional Security, a number of industry experts have offered insight into the sector’s recruitment challenges.
In the last episode of this series of the Lock In podcast, the team take a look back on the past year of ups and mostly downs, speak to a group of top operators and take a look forward at what the next few months might have in store. Tune in now!
The latest legal Q&A from specialist licensing solicitors Poppleston Allen responds to a query around the outdoor live music, Covid risk assessments and licensing conditions.
Mass vaccinating young Scots would prevent hundreds of venues being forced to close their doors and help workers' mental health, pub bosses have claimed.
All major Covid restrictions will be scrapped on Monday 9 August in Scotland as “a very significant degree of normality will be restored,” the First Minister has said.
The introduction of mandatory calorie labelling is set to come into force in April next year, which would “badly damage the sector at a time when the focus must be squarely on recovery”, one trade body has said.
The Treasury has been reticent to confirm whether it is considering excluding some businesses from the upcoming changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
Thirteen-strong multiple operator Rileys Sports Bars has announced growth of 9% compared to 2019 across its estate for the three weeks since reopening on Monday 17 May.
A coalition of more than 45 hospitality and events bosses have written to the Prime Minister threatening legal action if 19 July’s reopening is pushed back.
BrewDog co-founder James Watt has taken responsibility for the company’s culture and stated the letter, claiming the business had a “toxic culture” was his fault.
Pubs in England and Scotland are set to lose out on revenue of £3.2m during today (Friday 18 June), when the two nations go head to head in the UEFA Euros football tournament.
By Brendan Padfield, the Unruly Pig, Woodbridge, Suffolk
This pandemic has hit the whole country so hard. Hospitality, as a sector, has perhaps been hardest hit, having been closed for a total of nine and a half months via three lockdowns since March 2020.
Nationwide café bar operator Loungers has reported that like-for-like sales during the four weeks from Monday 17 May were up 26.6% versus to the same period in 2019.
With stress a major factor in running pubs under the current restrictive regime, the team take a look at mental wellbeing, from both operators own, through to how to ensure you’re staying on top of helping staff with their mental health, with some great...
Broadly speaking, Covid measures in pubs won't change from next week as the proposed lifting of restrictions at step four of the Government's roadmap has been postponed until Monday 19 July.
The Prime Minister has confirmed restrictions in England will remain in place at least midnight on 18 July. Suraj Desor, specialist hospitality licensing solicitor at Poppleston Allen, answers key questions about the extended measures.