New restrictions including the Government’s controversial 10pm curfew don’t appear to have dampened drinkers’ enthusiasm for visiting pubs, according to new research.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced a raft of measures on Government-backed loan schemes as part of his Winter Economy Plan earlier this week (Thursday 24 September).
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?
The Chancellor’s announcement of an extension of the 15% VAT cut on food, soft drinks and accommodation has been criticised for excluding wet-led pubs.
And so the much awaited Government support has been announced and greeted with not so much a cheer as more of a whimper from an industry that is crying out for help.
