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...
by Darren | Tuesday, 23 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Prime minister Boris Johnson has clarified that pubs will be able to re-open from 4th July, and has said the need for two-metre social distancing will end. In the House of Commons, Conservative MP Gareth Johnson asked the prime minister to to encourage people to “do...
by Darren | Tuesday, 23 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Photograph: Belinda Fewings Yorkshire Water is allowing landlords to dispose of waste stock free of charge and has set up a dedicated email address to help ease the process. Dan Rowe, trade effluent manager at Yorkshire Water, said: “Pubs in our region are working...
by Darren | Tuesday, 23 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Government support will be vital to pubs’ survival after re-opening, according to a survey of licensees by the Norwich and District branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Finance and staff pay is clearly a big issue. Just over half of respondents reported...
by Darren | Monday, 22 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Health secretary Matt Hancock has suggested that drinkers may have to register before going to a pub in the post-lockdown era. The thinking behind the plan is that, among other things, it would make track and trace easier if drinkers or those they came into contact...
by Darren | Saturday, 20 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Times says it has seen plans the government intends to reveal on how pubs, hotels, and restaurants can be re-opened from 4th July. The newspaper has received a leaked report, which claims that Boris Johnson will announce the relaxation of the two-metre rule from...
by Darren | Friday, 19 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Prime Minister has re-affirmed his commitment to re-open hospitality businesses “no earlier than 4th July”, but the industry is a long way from satisfied. Alex Reilley, executive chairman at Loungers, Tweeted: “When it comes to the complete lack...
by Darren | Thursday, 18 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Brigantes, in York, has said it will not be re-opening. Photograph: Market Town Taverns Chief executives of leading brewers and pub operators have written to the Prime Minister demanding that he confirms, by Friday (19th June)...
by Darren | Wednesday, 17 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
A survey from the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) concludes that independent breweries have been left “high and dry” by the government, and if pubs are to open in July, as proposed, then a ‘roadmap out of lockdown’ is urgently needed. The survey...
by Darren | Wednesday, 17 June, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Seven Bro7hers are attempting to raise £250,000 through crowdfunding in a bid to expand the brewery and open four new beer houses across the UK. The brewers — who have two successful beer houses and a taproom in Manchester — secured a site in Liverpool earlier this...
