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Nuptial rules: pubs that host weddings will now be able to house larger numbers than 30 but the capacity will depend on social distancing measures (image: Getty/nurdanst)

What are the rules for pubs from Monday 21 June?

By Nikkie Thatcher

Broadly speaking, Covid measures in pubs won't change from next week as the proposed lifting of restrictions at step four of the Government's roadmap has been postponed until Monday 19 July.

'Good news': 'The benefits of a tariff-free, quota-free UK-Australia trade deal are great news for British producers exporting English wine and spirts to Australia,' Miles Beale, chief executive of the WSTA said

UK/Australia trade deal to save UK wine businesses £16m, claims WSTA

By The Morning Advertiser

The first major trade deal negotiated by the Government since the UK left the EU has been welcomed by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) for reducing costs for drinks businesses and positive knock-on effects for hospitality firms.

Government aid: 'Support is needed as much now as it was at the start,' says The Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington

The final betrayal?

By Ed Bedington

A further kicking of the can down the road should probably not come as much of a surprise for an industry that has felt the full force of those kicks in the last year and a half.

Better times ahead: ‘As ever, there will be winners and losers in the sector depending on location, demographic, segment, management, ownership amongst other factors’

Opinion

Post-lockdown pub sector presents ‘once in a decade opportunity’

By Nigel Parson director, research, Finncap

The hospitality sector is on tenterhooks over the Government’s proposed roadmap out of lockdown on 21 June – dubbed ‘Freedom Day’ – according to Nigel Parson director, research, at strategic advisory and capital raising service provider Finncap.

Government briefing: the PM is expected to confirm inside service will be permitted from next Monday (17 May) at a press conference later today (image: Getty/Leonid Andronov)

Trade awaits PM announcement about inside service

By Nikkie Thatcher

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce the next stage of relaxation of coronavirus restrictions including allowing pubs to reopen indoors, later today (Monday 10 May).

How many outbreaks occurred in pubs?

Pub outbreak numbers reveal restriction scandal

By Ed Bedington

One hundred and seven. Read that again - 107. That is the total number of outbreaks in pub settings between June 2020 and February 2021 - a statistic that has been the bedrock on which this Government has built its campaign of hostility towards a trade...

Government guidance: there are a plethora of rules pubs need to adhere to when reopening outdoors (image: Getty/thanasus)

What are rules for pubs to reopen for outside trading?

By Nikkie Thatcher

With updated guidance revealed following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement earlier this week (Monday 5 April), we have put together the rules pubs need to know ahead of outdoor trade being permitted on Monday (12 April).

Shuttered trade: nightclubs have been closed since the first lockdown in March 2020 (image: Getty anyaberkut)

Immunity proof would damage 69% of night-time operators

By Nikkie Thatcher

More than two thirds (69%) of firms in the night-time sector have expressed concern that vaccine passports, requirements to provide proof of testing or immunity, would have a negative impact on their businesses, according to research.

Wage push: the increase is the smallest rise in recent years (image: Getty/xur82)

NLW rise comes into effect

By Nikkie Thatcher

The increase in the national living wage (NLW) and the national minimum wage (NMW) takes place from today (Thursday 1 April).

The Morning Advertiser Lock In podcast episode 19

The Lock In Podcast

The Lock In Podcast: What does the Government have against pubs?

By Ed Bedington

The Lock In team take a look at the challenges around reopening, from staff to stock levels, and get some top tips on marketing your business from guest marketing whizz Mark McCulloch. The team also get to grips with business minister Paul Scully and...

Grant funding: the self-employed income support scheme (SEISS) covers loss of income due to the coronavirus pandemic (image: Getty/Scott O'Neill)

How are the fourth and fifth self-employed grants different?

By Nikkie Thatcher

Self-employed licensees will be able to claim two further grants to cover losses during the pandemic and The Morning Advertiser takes a look at the next rounds of funding, as the fifth differs from the previous grants.

Lockdown lifting: the Welsh Government has said it cannot give the pub sector a 'definitive date' for reopening (image: bahadir-yeniceri, Getty Images)

No reopening date for Welsh pubs yet

By Emily Hawkins

The First Minister for Wales refused to provide a reopening date for pubs but announced further grant support for closed businesses.

The Morning Advertiser Lock In podcast episode 16

The Lock In Podcast

The Lock In Podcast: Budget - bonus or bust?

By Ed Bedington

The budget has been revealed, some would say before the budget was revealed, and the podcast team give their reaction to the Chancellor's hand outs and what it means for their businesses and wider hospitality. We also get some more considered analysis...

Upping wages: the rise will take place from April 2021 (image: Getty/smolaw11)

Spring Budget 2021

NLW to rise to £8.91 from April

By Nikkie Thatcher

The national living wage (NLW) will be increased by 19p (2.2%) to £8.91 from April, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced.

Future plan: the business rates holiday has been extended until June when it will be tapered (image: Getty/Zerbor)

Spring Budget 2021

Business rates holiday will now end in June

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pubs will not have to pay any business rates until June this year – an extension of three months, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced in the spring Budget.

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