Stonegate Pub Company has announced further business support within its lease and tenanted business, Ei Publican Partnerships, creating an overall support package, which has been implemented in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, in excess of £36.5 million. The additional support includes rent reductions of 30% in October and a reduction of 20% in November for tied … [Read more...]
JD Weatherspoon tone rather unfortunately at the hospitality centre of Covid-19, again
Ever since the lockdown back in March JD Weatherspoon has been at the centre of news surrounding the hospitality industry as Chairman Tim Martin loves to be controversial and swim against the tide. At the onset of Covid-19 and the lockdown being imposed Martin told 43,000 staff at Wetherspoons they were not being paid wages until the company was first reimbursed for their … [Read more...]
Greene King employment diversity: creating opportunity with The Prince’s Trust
Greene King is strengthening its partnership with The Prince’s Trust with a new five-year agreement, a pledge to create 1,000 opportunities for young people and an increased financial commitment to the charity directly linked to its workforce diversity aims. Under the new terms of the partnership, funding will be increased by one third and invested into projects that will … [Read more...]
Just Add Talent pubs extend Eat Out To Help Out through September
Star Pubs & Bars is investing £250,000 to enable 90 Just Add Talent managed operator pubs to continue their Eat Out To Help Out offer to customers extending the food discount initiative throughout September. The move is designed to help operators build on the growth in food sales, which went from 14% to over 30% of pub turnover during the Eat Out To Help Out initiative, … [Read more...]
Greene King extend a further £6 Million in pub rent concessions
Greene King Pub Partners has announced a further £6m of financial support for its tied tenants as they work to rebuild their businesses following Covid-19 closures. With the current rent concessions from Greene King Pub Partners due to come to an end eight weeks after reopening, the company’s managing director Wayne Shurvinton has written to all its tied pub tenants to confirm … [Read more...]
Ei Publican Partnerships extend pub rent support to £32 million
Ei Publican Partnerships, the leased and tenanted division of Stonegate Pub Company, has further extended the support for its tied publicans operating on substantive agreements, announcing further subsidised rental payments of 40% for the month of September. This takes its overall support package to in excess of £32.5 Million during the COVID-19 pandemic. Extend pub rent … [Read more...]
Greene King welcoming 150 young people into apprenticeships now
Greene King is encouraging young people to apply for apprenticeships as they receive their A Level results, with 150 live vacancies currently available and plans to increase that number over the coming weeks. Apprenticeships can provide an alternative route for school leavers who may not want to go to university and can lead to rewarding and fulfilling careers. Greene … [Read more...]
Electric vehicle charging points to be available in most Greene King pubs
Electric vehicle charging pubs Greene King has confirmed that it will install electric vehicle charging points in all suitable sites across its 2,700 managed and tenanted pubs. The initial phase will see installation of electric vehicle chargers in 900 of Greene King’s managed pubs within the next 12 months, as part of the company’s sustainability strategy. The government’s … [Read more...]
Diageo profits down and brand value lowered
Profits at global drinks giant Diageo fell by almost 50% to £2.1bn in the year to the end of June, as the impact of Covid-19 was felt globally. Sales dived down affected by the closure of pubs, bars, nightclubs and restaurants forcing Diageo to write down the value of its brand portfolio by £1.3 billion. Ivan Menezes, CEO, Diageo stated that the business moved swiftly in … [Read more...]
Fighting Covid-19 macroeconomics diligently
The current Covid-19 crisis has seen revenues at most hospitality businesses decline as a consequence of macroeconomics. The UK economy has been highly negatively impacted through Covid-19, and trying to swim against that tide is a herculean task. The combined efforts of world’s governments, think tanks and centres of learning cannot change the direction of the world economy … [Read more...]
Stonegate sets unlimited discount – Eat Out to Help Out – campaign in motion
Stonegate Pub Company has launched its own version of the Eat Out to Help Out consumer campaign across its entire estate, where food is served, two weeks ahead of the Government’s initiative going live. The campaign started yesterday where customers were given 50% off their bill when they dined at a Stonegate pub. Now from Monday to Wednesday, anywhere in the UK. … [Read more...]
Deadline to pour beer down the drain looms
The British Beer & Pub Association is advising publicans to ensure they have submitted applications to destroy their spoilt beer before the end of July, to avoid charges from water companies. The trade association said it had hoped water companies would continue to waiver fees and cut bureaucracy for the disposal of spoilt beer in pubs. Unfortunately though, the water … [Read more...]
GMB accuse House of Commons bar of breaching Covid-19 Government guidelines
The union for catering staff working in the House of Commons, GMB’s London Region, is calling on catering management in the House of Commons to act responsibly and adhere to the regulations and government’s guidance on Covid-19. GMB union have five tests that need to be complied with before they can agree that a workplace – or an activity- can be agreed as safe. If … [Read more...]
Pub reopens with a full size Spitfire to mark the occasion
Coolham locals returning to community favourite, the Selsey Arms, over the weekend were greeted with a full-sized Vickers Supermarine Spitfire to add to the pubs already vast memorabilia collection. The model has been the passion project of publican, Kenny Easton, during lockdown, who runs the pub with his partner Belinda Grover. With a wingspan of over 10m, the Spitfire is … [Read more...]
