After the first full week of the Government’s tiered Covid alert system, The Morning Advertiser attempted to round up which pub companies had been hit hardest by new, ever-changing, localised measures.
New River REIT’s pub arm, Hawthorn Leisure, has revealed that pubs shuttered under the Government’s tier three measures, Wales’ ‘fire break’ lockdown and Scottish restrictions will receive a 100% rent credit.
The operator of 168 café bars under its Lounge and Cosy Club brands revealed that estate-wide like-for-like sales increased by 25.1% over the 13 weeks to 4 October.
Despite a frosty winter forecast and a Government shaped dent in September trading, Peach Pubs is ‘in as good a place as any hospitality business’ according to founder Hamish Stoddart.
Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame revealed that it has reopened 'nearly all' of its pubs, traded successfully and and benefitted from the Eat Out To Help Out Scheme in the 13 weeks since reopening.
Premium restaurant and cocktail bar operator The Alchemist has joined forces with Grey Goose and social enterprise Foodinate to offer visitors to two of its sites in Leeds, a free cocktail in exchange for food donations.
The Government-backed Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) scheme helped push trade and some operators have continued their own discount initiatives into winter.
Building customer confidence in a safe space should be a top priority for the trade, operators, suppliers and experts urged in a virtual MA500 conference today (Thursday 1 October).
The Government’s replacement Job Support Scheme (JSS), which will take over from the furlough scheme from November, has been criticised by a Leeds-based multiple operator.
The City Pub Group's chairman has lauded the operator’s ‘encouraging’ post-lockdown performance after revenues bounced back from a 55% hit taken during 15 weeks of enforced closure.
Cheshire-based brewer and pub operator Robinsons has pledged to continue site investment and acquisition as the 182-year-old family run business weathers the ongoing pandemic.
The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington speaks with Peach Pubs managing director Hamish Stoddart to find out how the new restrictions have impacted the business.
According to café-bar operator Loungers’ latest trading update, like-for-like sales grew by 29.9% between 4 July and 13 September largely as a result of the Government-backed Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme.
London-based bar operator Incipio Group has publicly praised the bespoke rent support it received from commercial landlords while the business was in ‘fight mode’.
While it started the new financial year with an estate of almost 400 closed pubs, Fuller, Smith & Turner has revealed that post-lockdown sales in its managed sites recovered to 80% of last year’s takings.
Late-night operator The Deltic Group is set to slash 402 jobs in a redundancy consultation across its estate after a prolonged period of closure with no reopening date announced yet, reports have stated.
Lancashire-based brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has taken the 'unwelcome decision' to initiate a programme of redundancies in light of uncertainty around winter trading conditions.
While post-lockdown trading has exceeded its best-case scenario trading forecasts, Revolution Bars Group continues to seek rent relief discussions with commercial landlords at almost half its sites.
The chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) and Thwaites’ CEO, Rick Bailey, explains how some of the UK’s oldest pub companies are weathering the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington spoke with Yummy Pub Co's Tim Foster about how the Eat Out to Help Out scheme has impacted the business and what the future holds for them.
The Inn Collection Group has outlined plans to hire more than 200 new staff members across its estate while Beavertown Brewery’s recently revealed new home will add 150 new roles to the north London jobs market.
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Nationwide brewpub operator Brewhouse & Kitchen has revealed that its sales more than doubled during the first six days of the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
While the Government has announced a slew of hospitality businesses can now reopen, it has remained tight-lipped on when the late-night sector venues can trade again.
Café-bar operator Loungers has revealed relatively flat year-on-year July trading across its 165-strong stable despite post-lockdown trading restrictions.
Fuller, Smith and Turner is in a ‘stronger position than many’ according to its chief executive, despite the coronavirus’ estimated eight-figure impact on company trading.
Aprirose-owned pub management company, Blackrose, has announced five appointments as part of plans to build an estate of close to 250-sites by the end of 2021.
Channel Islands-based pub company the Liberation Group has announced the creation of two new senior roles as part of its response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Multiple operator City Pub Group has reported like-for-like sales were at 63% of previous levels and total sales for the three weeks since reopening half its estate on 4 July were £1.8m.
The Morning Advertiser's (MA) editor Ed Bedington catches up with Fuller's Simon Emeny to discuss what’s grabbed his attention from the week’s headlines.
Urban-based operators voiced their concerns for city centre businesses amid reopening and looking ahead due to rules on public transport and customers wanting to stay local.
