MA's review of the week
‘Pingdemic’ staff shortages pose question over which pubs to ‘sacrifice’
The Morning Advertiser’s Ed Bedington and Liberation Group’s Jayson Perfect reflect on a week’s worth of pub sector headlines following ‘Freedom Day’ on 19 July.
Further reading:
- NHS app sensitivity could be changed 'within weeks' - The NHS app could be adapted so it is less sensitive amid large numbers of hospitality staff being forced to self-isolate, a minister has suggested.
- Caution urged as freedom beckons - And so “Freedom Day” is upon us, and with it go the shackles of the last 18 months or more.
- No more Covid legal requirements for pubs in England - Pubs and bars are no longer subject to Covid laws including the rule of six, table service and social distancing.
- Pub PR: how can operators reassure customers returning after 'Freedom Day'? - For the hospitality industry, the road to ‘Freedom Day’ on 19 July was a bumpy and tumultuous journey.
- Downing Street contradicts minister on app alerts - Downing Street has contradicted a minister who said businesses and employees should make their own “informed decisions” concerning self-isolation alerts from the NHS app.
- Pubs ‘cannot continue’ amid self-isolation shortages - Bosses have urged the Government to stop "dithering” and introduce a ‘test to release’ scheme to allow self-isolating workers to return to work quicker.
- There’s no gold medal for reopening pubs first - Jayson Perfect says the tide is turning when it comes to reopening locked down sites at Channel Islands-based pub group Liberation – if only there was a word to describe the action of setting them free?
- Pubs in Guernsey and Jersey have ‘bounced back really well’ from lockdown - Early trading in reopened Liberation Group pubs on the Channel Islands suggests that Covid-19 lockdown hasn’t damaged consumer confidence despite stringent on-trade distancing measures.
- Liberation Group ‘disappointed but understanding’ ahead of Jersey hospitality circuit breaker - Pubs, bars and restaurants in Jersey will close for up to a month from a minute past midnight on Friday 4 December in order to tackle a surge in Covid-19 cases on the island.
- Customers not reluctant to return to Jersey pub ‘at all’ - Despite cold weather deterring a number of pub goers from making use of outdoor areas, the Trinity Arms in Jersey has made a positive start to post-lockdown trading, according to general manager Patrycja Bosak.
