by Darren | Tuesday, 30 June, 2020 | Beer News, Events News, Pubs and Bars
Exale Brewing, which has a unique style based around foraging in local Epping Forest, is re-opening its Walthamstow taproom this weekend. There will be table bookings, table service, and social distancing. Joining the team, who are regular collaborators with coffee...
by Darren | Tuesday, 30 June, 2020 | Pubs and Bars
A pub boss who went out of her way to help the vulnerable at the start of the pandemic is set to welcome back customers to her re-opened city venues this week. Dianne Irving (pictred), who runs the award-winning Crown and the popular city centre Howard Arms —...
by Darren | Tuesday, 30 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Several companies have come up with technology solutions for pubs and other venues for when re-opening takes place. Here’s a selection from the Beer Today inbox BCH Digital has launched My Round, an SMS messaging service, that will cut down queues when ordering,...
by Darren | Saturday, 27 June, 2020 | Beer News, Pubs and Bars
Water industry trade body Water UK and the British Beer & Pub Association have come together to ask landlords, who have not already done so, to act quickly in order to ensure their applications to dispose of waste beer into the sewer can be processed efficiently....
by Darren | Saturday, 27 June, 2020 | Beer News, Cornwall News, Pubs and Bars
St Austell Brewery is to re-open its managed pub estate on 4th July — the day that pubs in England are allowed to resume trading. More than 70% of the company’s 147 tenanted pubs will also re-open next weekend, with the rest planning to in the weeks ahead. The company...
by Darren | Saturday, 27 June, 2020 | Pubs and Bars
Neil Roberts, RBLI’s head of graphics and assembly, with some of the new Shepherd Neame signage Shepherd Neame will begin re-opening its pub estate on 4th July, and extensive preparations include safety signage for every one of its 320 sites. The brewery is...
by Darren | Friday, 26 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
London’s Forest Road Brewing Co is working with tech company PubSVP to give customers peace of mind over their data when the brewery’s taproom is re-opened. Brewery founder, Pete Brown, said: “We need to protect our patrons. PubSVP is the perfect...
by Darren | Friday, 26 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
In the hurry to re-open, pubs should not ignore the crucial issue of stocking policies, says industry expert Paul Nunny. The Cask Marque boss said: “The on-trade will have changed. You don’t know what footfall will look like and you don’t knowwhat beer throughput will...
by Darren | Thursday, 25 June, 2020 | Pubs and Bars
Plans for ‘al fresco pubs’, whereby pubs will be given more freedom to serve customers outside, have been welcomed. The plans have been published in the UK government’s Business and Planning Bill, which will enable more pubs in England, as well as restaurants and...
by Darren | Thursday, 25 June, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Pubs Code Adjudicator has published a table which sets out how tied tenants can access their Pubs Code rights when the period covered by the Covid emergency declaration ends on 30th June. Pubs Code rights have been paused and protected during the Covid emergency...
by Darren | Wednesday, 24 June, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The re-opening of pubs will present their owning businesses with a further test of how fairly they treat tied tenants, says the Pubs Code Adjudicator. Fiona Dickie (pictured) said she would be looking closely at how these businesses adapt their approaches in the...
by Darren | Wednesday, 24 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The prime minister has announced that pubs can re-open on 4th July, and many are choosing to do so (although it’s worth noting that there are a few leaving it to a later date and, sadly, some which aren’t re-opening at all). Rupert Thompson, owner of...
