Beer drinkers and pubgoers across the nation are sending emails in their thousands to pub company bosses, asking them to cancel rents to save local pubs from permanent closure.
Some 250 pubs have a rateable value that is just one penny away from the higher Government grant of £25,000, which operators say is ‘make or break’ for their survival.
One of the sector’s largest trade bodies has written to the Government in a bid to to protect pubs from being punished by landlords for failing to make rent payments.
The announcement by the Prime Minister that all pubs, restaurants and cafes must close has left many in the industry reeling, despite growing expectation of the announcement.
The Morning Advertiser met up with the director of the Pale Moon Pub...
Yummy Pub Co announced the sale of a historic London pub, while Priory Inns North West, St Austell, Grace Land and Bear gave updates on site makeovers.
An Admiral Taverns pub hopes to get its ‘great community hub’ back on the right track around after its licence was suspended over complaints of disorder, antisocial behaviour and drug use on the premises.
