The Morning Advertiser's (MA) editor Ed Bedington catches up with Admiral Taverns' Chris Jowsey to discuss what’s grabbed his attention from the week’s headlines.
In the final recording of our series following one West Sussex pub through lockdown, MA editor Ed Bedington went back to the Lockhart Tavern in Haywards Heath to find out whether their decision to delay reopening by a few weeks has paid off.
Bosses at Tavern Propco have assured The Morning Advertiser (MA) all its tenants will receive “workable” and “tailored solutions” for their rent issues following the coronavirus lockdown.
Brewer and pub operator Robinsons has announced the reopening of the Flower Pot in Macclesfield after ploughing £1m into the venue as part of a long-term plan to invest in its 250-strong stable.
Co-founded by cricketers Harry Gurney and current England international Stuart Broad, the Midlands-based Cat & Wickets Pub Company has recorded stronger than expected takings straight off the bat after reopening on 4 July.
A Norfolk pub operator plans to eschew further taxpayer-funded Government support for his site after registering year-on-year growth under a diversified business model since lockdown.
Insolvency specialists are seeking a buyer for Rileys Sports Bars after the pool and snooker hall chain fell into administration amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite celebrating his tenth year at the Castle Inn in Skipton, North Yorkshire, during lockdown, operator Calvin Dow feels like a new-starter running his reopened pub under the Government’s ‘Covid-secure’ guidance.
Restored consumer confidence is the key to boosting levels of investment in the hospitality sector after a 6% – roughly £800m – year-on-year hit according to OakNorth Bank’s senior debt finance director.
The owner of an award-winning clifftop Cornish pub in Crantock near Newquay claims Government guidelines for hospitality operators have created a ‘much more civilised atmosphere’ at her pub post-lockdown.
With pub across the UK now starting to reopen, The Morning Advertiser spoke to a few operators across Surrey and Sussex about their experience of opening up on 4 July.
Pubs received their biggest show of support prior to reopening on Saturday 4 July when HRH the Duke of Cambridge popped into the Rose & Crown in Snettisham, Norfolk, for a swift pint.
