New figures detailing a 2.4% decline in the number of licensed premises in Britain before lockdown are “a useful starting point” for hospitality’s recovery from novel coronavirus according to UKHospitality (UKH).
A multiple site operator is encouraging pubs across the country to ‘hand in their keys’ to their MPs this week, to highlight the pain of paying rent at this time.
A bar operator has said she is struggling to save her business after being told one of her venues is ineligible for a grant after an inaccuracy on the rates register.
Calls for Government to intervene in and broker rent solutions between hospitality businesses and landlords have been stepped up as UKHospitality (UKH) has pressed for a National Time Out.
Space and rural location is going to be key when it comes to maintaining property values in a post-lockdown world, a leading property expert has claimed.
A revaluation of business rates will not happen in 2021, in a bid to reduce the uncertainty for companies impacted by coronavirus, the Government has announced.
Administrators are seeking a buyer for Cheshire-based multiple operator 16 Hospitality after it fell into administration amid Covid-19 trading restrictions.
About 10% (31) of the country’s 325 councils have paid out less than a quarter of grants to eligible businesses with Birmingham, Manchester and Brighton among the “worst culprits”, new research has found.
Operators have said being omitted from the Government’s grant system has left them with daunting questions about how they will be able to reopen their pubs.
Following the extension of the UK lockdown, preventing non-essential businesses such as pubs from reopening and limiting the public’s activities, operators have raised concerns about the immediate future of their businesses.
Two licensees have said they believe rent should be cancelled for the period pubs are closed and, without this move, they will be in too much debt to reopen.
The husband and wife team behind the opening of an East Yorkshire micropub have announced that their new site will begin takeaway and delivery service at 3pm on 30 April despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
