by Darren | Wednesday, 30 September, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
More than 100 hospitality businesses in the UK, including pub businesses, restaurant chains and hotel operators, have written directly to the prime minister, warning that he must personally do more to help them. The letter, led by trade associations the British Beer...
by Darren | Tuesday, 29 September, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Campaign for Pubs has written an open letter to Rishi Sunak, urging him and the government to urgently support pubs or be responsible for mass closures, job losses and hardship. The letter expresses publicans’ dismay at the woeful lack of support from the...
by Darren | Monday, 28 September, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
SIBA says publicans are spending their Monday in a ‘state of despair’ as they news of ‘circuit breaker’ lockdowns which could lead to some closing for good. Mondays are popular days for making brewery orders, but many are not being made because...
by Darren | Monday, 28 September, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
New research from the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) shows that the UK’s independent breweries are struggling to cope with a fall in beer sales, just as the government threatens them with increased taxes. This previously small but booming sector is now under...
by Darren | Saturday, 26 September, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
Nick Griffin, chief executive of the Licensees Association, has written to business secretary Alok Sharma to highlight the important role pubs have and continue to play in keeping the public safe and covid in check. The letter, counter signed by 30 leading pub...
by Darren | Saturday, 26 September, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Welsh Independent Restaurant Collective (WIRC) has warned that independent hospitality businesses will not see any benefit from the newly announced Job Support Scheme. Natalie Isaac, of the Bar 44 group It says it does not make financial sense for...
by Darren | Thursday, 24 September, 2020 | Beer News, Pubs and Bars
Cask Ale Week starts today. That’s the same day new regulations for the hospitality sector, including extending the 10pm curfew to all pubs across the country, come into force. The timing of the Week couldn’t be worse. Or, as one of the industry’s leaders believes,...
by Darren | Thursday, 24 September, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a job support scheme, as well as extending the hospitality VAT cut until the end of March. Photograph: Kamal H. licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 He said the government will directly support the wages of people in work, giving businesses...
by Darren | Thursday, 24 September, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The British Beer & Pub Association, UKHospitality, and the British Institute of Innkeeping have unveiled new findings today showing that almost a quarter (23%) of their members think their businesses will fail by the end of the year without further government...
by Darren | Tuesday, 22 September, 2020 | Beer News, Pubs and Bars
On the face of it, starting Cask Ale Week this Thursday has become a tough call. But maybe it’s actually a great time to celebrate our national drink. Fancy a pint? Photograph: Matt Curtis Cask ale matures in the pub or bar cellar. It’s a drinking...
by Darren | Tuesday, 22 September, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
“These jokers are ruining the country,” Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin told Sky News this morning, in a joint interview with Fuller’s chief Simon Emeny. Photograph: Sky News “We need leadership, common sense, and good economics,” he told...
by Darren | Monday, 21 September, 2020 | Pubs and Bars
Fuller’s will launch its newest pub and restaurant, The White Horse, in Wembley Park on 2nd October — with a wide range of covid-safe precautions. Influenced by Wembley Park’s legendary past as a host to some of the world’s greatest music and sporting events,...
