Rebuilding the Pub Sector

Greene King announces ‘Pub Safe’ pledges for reopening

12-Jun-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pubco and brewer Greene King has revealed its plans of operating, ahead of pubs reopening, which features a set of five ‘promises’ to staff and customers.

Robinsons offers tapered rent discounts from July

11-Jun-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Robinsons Brewery, which operates more than 260 pubs across north Wales and England, will begin tapering its rent discounts from July.

GK to provide PPE kits for tenants

11-Jun-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Pubco and brewer Greene King is to send out 1,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits worth £250 each to its 1,000 pub partners, The Morning Advertiser can reveal.

Cask ale brewers gear up for pubs reopening

11-Jun-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Breweries across the country have restarted their cask ale operations as pubs get ready to reopen this summer, with 4 July earmarked as the earliest date this could be allowed.

Scottish pubs could open on 15 July

11-Jun-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Pubs in Scotland could be allowed to reopen from Wednesday 15 July for indoor use.

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Confusion over reopening rules as Government silent

10-Jun-2020 By Emily Hawkins

The pub sector has called on the Government to clarify when it will reveal more details about reopening, following media speculation about what they will be permitted to do.

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Back to the front – how one operator is rebuilding his business from the ground up

10-Jun-2020 By Ed Bedington

Licensee Alex Cook has gone from a one-man-band operation at the start of lockdown to successfully building up a new arm to his business to the extent where he’s now bringing staff back from furlough.

Opinion

Reopening rules still clear as mud

10-Jun-2020 By Ed Bedington

And so we face the possible return to trade, but for how many?

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Thatchers outlines £1m keg pledge to help pubs rebuild

08-Jun-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Cider-maker Thatchers has announced it will be putting £1m behind helping publicans get back to business, offering every pub in the UK a free keg of its cider.

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Charlie McVeigh launches #ProjectPint to promote safe return to pub trading

08-Jun-2020 By Stuart Stone

The founder of Draft House, Charlie McVeigh, has launched a campaign advocating the swift and safe resumption of trade at Britain’s pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants.

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‘I don’t want to operate a pub with a plastic screen over the bar, I’d rather not open’

05-Jun-2020 By Ed Bedington

The lack of clarity with regards to guidelines on reopening is posing problems for most operators, and Red Mist Leisure is no different.

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UKH demands more Government help

16-Mar-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Trade body UKHospitality (UKH) has called on the Government to increase its support for the sector as the impact of coronavirus continues to spread.