by Darren | Friday, 27 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The bosses of five Northern breweries have written to the prime minister calling for changes to the tier 2 restrictions announced yesterday. The letter unifies the Hydes, JW Lees, Thwaites, Robinsons, and Joseph Holt breweries, and states: “The North’s community...
by Darren | Thursday, 26 November, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
Pub operator Mitchells & Butlers has reported a loss of £123m in the year to 26th September, with total revenue down by 34.1%. The company said it had taken decisive and effective action to protect guests and team members, and to reduce costs. It feels it is well...
by Darren | Thursday, 26 November, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
Pub owner Fuller, Smith & Turner has reported a loss of £22.2m in the six months to 26th September. In the equivalent period last year, the company made a profit of £17.9m. Chief executive, Simon Emeny, said: “When the current lockdown was announced, we...
by Darren | Thursday, 26 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Today, pubs up and down the land will find out their fate for the foreseeable as details of new tiers, post-lockdown, are published. Now that’s a substantial meal … To say lack of faith in government within the hospitality industry is running high would be...
by Darren | Wednesday, 25 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
“Staggering” — a description of chancellor Risji Sunak’s decision to invest in new jobs, but not do more to save thousands of pub jobs that already exist. That’s the view of British Beer and Pub Association chief executive, Emma McClarkin, who...
by Darren | Wednesday, 25 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
England comes out of lockdown on 2nd December (not the 3rd, as had been previously thought) and there will be new rules to follow as we continue to fight the virus. Photograph: Unsplash/Vovodymyr Hryshchenko Pubs can re-open in tier 1 areas with table service only. In...
by Darren | Tuesday, 24 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has calculated that the new tier system revealed by the prime minister yesterday will cost wet-let pubs £47,000 each for the month of December alone. Emma McClarkin: ‘It will be utterly heart-breaking if pubs now face...
by Darren | Tuesday, 24 November, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
Portobello Brewery has announced that it has started managing an additional 13 freehold pubs located across the London villages and suburbs. Westow House, Crystl Palace. Photograph: by Ewan-M licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 The sites include the flagship Westow House, in...
by Darren | Tuesday, 24 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Cider News, Pubs and Bars
Molson Coors Beverage Company has agreed a three-year deal to become the principle beer and cider supplier to the True North Brew Co. The agreement means that Molson Coors beer and cider brands, such as Pravha, Madri Excepcional, Staropramen, Blue Moon, Aspall Cyder...
by Darren | Tuesday, 24 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The government’s new, tighter tier system is at best a restrictive straitjacket and at worst a lockdown in all but name for hospitality businesses. Kate Nicholls: the government is ‘killing Christmas and beyond for many businesses’ That’s the view of...
by Darren | Monday, 23 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
James Calder, chief executive of the Society of Independent Brewers, responds to the prime minister’s statement on new covid restrictions. “Today’s announcement is a sucker punch for the independent brewing industry. The tougher restrictions being imposed...
by Darren | Monday, 23 November, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The prime minister has confirmed that the three tier system will return when England comes out of lockdown on 3rd December. Pubs in tier 1 will remain open, pubs in tier 2 will be able to stay open as long as drinkers order substantial meals, and pubs in tier 3 will...
