Boris Johnson is today being reported to have adjusted his plan for Covid passports away from hospitality providers including pubs and restaurants to focus on large events and international travel. As recently as last month the Prime Minister was not ruling out the possibility of a Covid passport being required for people to enjoy a pint at a pub, or a meal at a … [Read more...]
Stella Artois tipping bar staff £1 for every pint sold
Stella Artois often create good advertising, advertising that engages, is relevant, and captures the moment. So much so, that even between programming rather than reaching for the fast forward button, you grant them 30 seconds or so to absorb the message. The campaign currently doing just that, and certainly for pub aficionados, is Stella Artois #StellaTips. The beer … [Read more...]
Tesco asks customers to go and support their local pub today
Supermarket giant Tesco has taken out a full page ad in today’s issue of The Times and other national media asking their customers to support their local pub today, using their strap line ‘every little helps’. As pubs and restaurants reopen today many were fully booked weeks in advance seeing significant enthusiasm from customers to return to enjoying hospitality. Even the … [Read more...]
SBPA label Scottish Government reopening regulations as “grossly unfair”
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association has called the rules around hospitality reopening later this month in Scotland, “grossly unfair”. Under current plans, pubs and bars will be severely limited in their ability to trade viably once allowed to reopen but will receive no extra support in comparison to other sectors which will be able to trade close to normal as soon … [Read more...]
Government not fully removing restrictions on hospitality’s June reopening
Representatives of the UK’s pub industry have today written to the Prime Minister to express their incredulity at the Government’s stealthy backsliding on pub reopening rules. Trade bodies UKHospitality (UKH), the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) have stated their outrage by the threat of more impositions on pub … [Read more...]
Adam Handling announces new Windsor pub, restaurant and rooms
Adam Handling will be opening his first ever venue outside of London - The Loch & The Tyne, a restaurant, pub, and rooms in the countryside of Old Windsor, on 17 May. Following the closure of two of his own restaurants amidst the pandemic, Handling is determined his group will bounce back from this long year of lockdowns all guns blazing, with the opening of his first-ever … [Read more...]
PM announces roadmap on track and looking forward to an ‘irreversible’ pint down the pub
Boris Johnson addressing the Conservatives' virtual spring forum has said that with his roadmap on track he is confident of hitting the dates he set out, and reopening progressing on those lines. In a message to his party members the PM said: "I can see absolutely nothing in the data to dissuade me from continuing along our roadmap to freedom, unlocking our economy and getting … [Read more...]
Pub Governing Body to recommence pub rent reviews from 31 March
Statement by the Pub Governing Body (PGB) England and Wales and supported by the Scottish Pub Governing Body. “The Pub Governing Body, the organisation responsible for promoting the advancement and improvement of Landlord (Pub Owning Companies) and Tied Tenant relationships in the licensed retail sector confirmed on 25th March 2021 that rent review negotiations that were … [Read more...]
Ei Publican Partnerships support extends to June
Stonegate Group is continuing its support for Ei Publican Partnership publicans with rent and trade credits throughout April, May and June. This support builds on the substantial financial assistance given to publicans in the form of significantly reduced rents and trade credits, together with Government grants including the latest restart grants of between £8,000 - £18,000 as … [Read more...]
Ofgem meeting BBPA to remedy utility companies refusing to supply hospitality businesses
The British Beer & Pub Association has today called out the energy sector for refusing to supply pubs with energy. The trade association said a number of pubs across the UK had experienced poor commercial behaviour whereby some utility companies were refusing to renew contracts or simply to supply energy to them, even where such supply includes domestic use. The BBPA … [Read more...]
Stonegate’s Commercial & Property Director receives Covid Hero Award
Suzanne Baker, Commercial & Property Director at Stonegate Group, made history yesterday as she became the first winner to take home the newly established MCA Retailers’ Retailer Hero Award. The long-standing and prestigious awards introduced The Hero Award this year to recognise those hospitality business leaders who have gone above and beyond in steering their … [Read more...]
Business minister says the future of the high street is residential
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng talking about the pandemic in an interview with The Times has said the future of the great British high street looks residential. Kwarteng told The Times: “One of the things I’m very keen that we get our heads around is the whole future of the high street. “In Staines high street (part of his … [Read more...]
Mitchells & Butlers suspends pension fund payments ahead of £350 million share call
Mitchells & Butlers has suspended payments to its staff pension fund ahead of seeking £350 million in liquidity through emergency fundraising. Monthly pension contributions of circa £4 million per month are being ceased for three months. The revelation comes alongside the group reporting current cash reserves of £113 million, and a cash burn rate of £30 - £35 million per … [Read more...]
British Beer & Pub Association urges Boris Johnson to open pub doors
The beer and pub sector is urging the Prime Minister to reopen pub doors as soon as possible, with the call being led by the British Beer & Pub Association. The beer and pub sector has been one of the most adversely affected sectors by Covid-19 and the lockdowns. In 2020 alone, a combination of restrictions on trade and lockdowns saw sales of beer in pubs plummet by 56%, a … [Read more...]
Red Oak Taverns acquires ten pubs from Wells & Co and now looking for similar acquisition opportunities
Red Oak Taverns has acquired its second pub package in 2021, increasing its estate to 190. The package of ten leased and tenanted pubs, acquired from regional family brewer, Wells & Co are all based in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire areas. Mark Grunnell the Co-founder and Chief Executive of Red Oak said: “We are delighted to secure a further … [Read more...]
