Pub bosses have called on the Government to urgently review self-isolation rules for those notified they have been in contact with someone that has tested positive for Covid.
Almost half of pub goers have seen local venues alter their trading hours or service patterns due to a lack of staff since the on-trade reopened under the Government’s roadmap.
The Government has been urged to amend the Test & Trace system, which is forcing businesses to close and resulting in mass isolations, one trade association has warned.
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.
Mass vaccinating young Scots would prevent hundreds of venues being forced to close their doors and help workers' mental health, pub bosses have claimed.
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.
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...
Some 60% of respondents have not scaled back plans to socialise in pubs and bars due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, according to new research.
Just 0.03% of participants in the Government's series of large event pilots tested positive for coronavirus in the process, according to initial reports.
According to Heineken’s Pub of the Future report, the vast majority of pub customers hope that operators will redouble hygiene efforts even after the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
Customers returning to the pub this week will be allowed to play indoor games such as pool and darts, as per Government Covid-19 guidance for businesses.
With COP26 on the horizon and sustainability on the nation’s lips, The Morning Advertiser measures up some of the steps being taken by the on-trade to cut its carbon footprint, and how it can help bounce back from Covid in a ‘green’ way.
Ben Gardner, CEO of Navitas Safety, a single destination for digital food safety, explains what the food and hospitality industries can do to reduce food waste and promote a circular food economy.
The pub sector has been once more left without clarity after a minister updated MPs on the review into vaccine passports, one trade organisation has said.
Late night sector event pilots will help prove that large participation events can return safely, the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has said.
Reports of proposals to force large pub chains to display calorie labels on pints of beer have been dubbed “outrageous” and described as “costly and complicated” by the trade.
The Government has been accused of “stalling” as a legal challenge over indoor hospitality’s reopening date will be fast-tracked through the High Court.
More than two thirds (69%) of firms in the night-time sector have expressed concern that vaccine passports, requirements to provide proof of testing or immunity, would have a negative impact on their businesses, according to research.
By Mark Flanagan, CEO of Shield Safety Group and chairman of the UK Safe to Trade Scheme
Last week when appearing before the Commons Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson, announced that pub landlords may be given the power to prevent anyone without a Covid jab from entering their premises, via a vaccine passport scheme.
When headlines declaring the Government was considering a policy that would see pubgoers asked to declare their ‘Covid status’ in the months to come, licensees recoiled.
A survey of pub operators by The Morning Advertiser (MA) has shed further light on the extent of pub closures and dented profits during the year since pubs first closed due to Covid-19.
While the Government has outlined a controversial pilot scheme to send plain-clothed officers into pubs and clubs, recent events have compelled a number of hospitality firms to review late shift practices on the other side of the bar.
The number of people seeking support from the Licensed Trade Charity more than trebled during the past year as the pandemic took its toll on those working in the sector.
After a recent YouGov survey found that more than half (56%) of Brits support vaccine passports for pub entry, The Morning Advertiser examined how well a similar system has worked in Israel.
The Government's chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Chris Whitty have been questioned by the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee.
