by Darren | Thursday, April 9, 2020 | Business News, Coronavirus, Pubs and Bars
The Forum of Private Business is lobbying the Chancellor to reduce beer duty as part of a package to make the leading pubcos give their tenants a rental holiday while they are closed. An open letter has been sent to the Treasury and to the Business Minister...
by Darren | Thursday, April 9, 2020 | Business News, Coronavirus, Pubs and Bars
The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) has called on Code pub-owning businesses not currently waiving rent to demonstrate how they will support tenants for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency. The Adjudicator and Deputy Adjudicator are aware that five of the six pub...
by Darren | Thursday, April 9, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
Genius Brewing founders Jason Clarke and Charlie Craig Genius Brewing is celebrating the second anniversary of its launch with investment from two drinks industry heavy hitters. The company, founded by Jason Clarke and Charlie Craig, has received a significant...
by Darren | Wednesday, April 8, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
Shop local: Shepherd Neame is investing in extra supplies of Kent hops Shepherd Neame is providing a much-needed boost for local hop growers this week, by placing a bumper order for Kentish varieties. Following shifts in production requirements prompted by the ongoing...
by Darren | Wednesday, April 8, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Coronavirus, Pubs and Bars
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is calling on the government to defer payments of beer duty due on 25th April, relating to beer produced in March when pubs were forced to shut down. In addition, it is calling for a deferment of beer duty for the whole of...
by Darren | Monday, April 6, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Coronavirus, Pubs and Bars
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking further action to support firms affected by coronavirus by bolstering business interruption loans and announcing a new scheme for larger companies. More than £90 million of loans to nearly 1,000 small and medium-sized firms have been...
by Darren | Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Business News, Coronavirus, Pubs and Bars
Shepherd Neame chief executive, Jonathan Neame Shepherd Neame is pledging further support for its licensees in light of the ongoing coronavirus situation. The company previously suspended all licensee rents from 23rd March. Since rents are payable weekly in arrears,...
by Darren | Tuesday, March 31, 2020 | Business News, Coronavirus, Pubs and Bars
Ian Cass, chief executive of the Forum of Private Business The Forum of Private Business has joined the demand for pubs forced to close as a result of the coronavirus crisis to be given rent holidays by the pub companies. The Forum wrote to all the main pubcos on 16th...
by Darren | Friday, March 27, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Cornwall News, Pubs and Bars
Shepherd Neame chief executive, Jonathan Neame Shepherd Neame has announced a temporary change to its staffing structure and salary levels in light of the ongoing Covid-19 situation to protect jobs for the long term. None of Shepherd Neame’s staff are being made...
by Darren | Tuesday, March 24, 2020 | Business News, Coronavirus, Pubs and Bars
A war of words has broken out over JD Wetherspoon’s treatment of employees who are currently not working in the company’s many pub and bars. In a video to his 40,000 workers, the group’s boss, Tim Martin, suggested they should apply for jobs at...
by Darren | Tuesday, March 24, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Coronavirus
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has said that this month’s beer duty payments, due to go out tomorrow (25th March) will not be cancelled. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), and the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA)...
by Darren | Tuesday, March 24, 2020 | Business News, Coronavirus
BrewDog is going online this Friday (27th March) by turning its 102 premises, around the globe, into virtual bars. The brewery’s co-founder, James Watt, said: “Community has always been at the core of what we do, and the role community and great beer play...
