Archives for March 3, 2020

coronavirus

Your guide to paying staff with coronavirus

The Government has announced today (3 March) that up to one fifth of employees may be absent from work during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak – so what do you need to know about paying these staff members?

Property round-up

SA Brain to dispose of 40 pubs, Butcombe Brewery completes Publican Awards finalist makeover

Butcombe Brewery, Stonegate and Admiral revealed pub transformations while SA Brain announced plans to reduce its estate to around 120 sites.

In association with Diageo

From cigars and tartan chairs to 'third space', food pairing and cocktails – how has the 'whisky occasion' evolved?

Ahead of The Publican Awards 2020 at London’s Battersea Evolution on 4 March, drinks giant Diageo has announced that it will be treating guests to on-draft Passion Fruit and Espresso Martinis alongside a selection of off-piste Johnnie Walker serves.

Mandatory calorie labelling ‘at odds with whole of trade’

Publicans have reiterated their concerns over proposals to make it compulsory for pubs to include the calorie and nutritional information of dishes on menus.

Rum on target to steal gin’s crown

New data shows rum is on course to hit the same heights as gin, as sales rose by 7% year on year in 2019, according to CGA.