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...]
Re-inventing bar and table service safely
Safe bar and table service - As the UK emerges from coronavirus lockdown, venues are beginning to announce or plan for re-opening. The biggest challenge is how to maintain social distancing and safety for customers and staff, while still delivering a great experience. The larger pub chains have announced a range of measures to ensure staff and customer safety, from … [Read more...]
London hospitality group puts £25,000 tab behind the bar for NHS workers
NHS workers can expect the warmest of welcomes with free drinks waiting for them at Inception Group’s eclectic mix of hospitality venues. With bars, pubs and restaurants preparing to reopen from Saturday 4th July, London-based hospitality company, Inception Group, has announced a £25,000 bar tab for NHS workers spread across its sites as part of its reopening … [Read more...]
Help for pubs to pour beer down drains
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. Water companies are standing by to help and have made it as easy as possible to dispose of beer by making disposal applications simpler, … [Read more...]
Wellington Pub Company tenants closing due to rent intransigence
The Wellington Pub Company, which has a portfolio of 750 pubs and is owned by the billionaire Reuben brothers is demanding full rent from some of its pub tenants who have not traded since March. The pub group has now been accused by many tenants of being ruthless in refusing to cut rents due on premises closed as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Regional media … [Read more...]
Stonegate extend pub support
Stonegate Pub Company has extended its support for publicans within its leased and tenanted business, Ei Publican Partnerships, creating an overall support package, which has been implemented during the COVID-19 lockdown, in excess of £28 million. The latest provision, in light of new Government secure guidance and confirmation that all pubs in England will be able to … [Read more...]
Guinness launch £80m fund helping pubs to reopen safely
Drinks giant Diageo, maker of Guinness has launched a £80 million programme to help pubs across the world to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. The two-year programme called ‘Raising the Bar’ is to start next month to be introduced across hospitality sectors globally. Guinness fund pub reopening In the UK and Ireland, the programme will be available to … [Read more...]
Will Wetherspoons celebrate reopening
Towards the end of March immediately following lockdown, JD Wetherspoons made some hasty decisions. The first was to let 43,000 workers go unpaid until the company had first received financial support from the government. Then in a video address to workers adding insult to injury, JD Wetherspoons Chairman Tim Martin suggested that the pub group’s 43,000 workers should … [Read more...]
4th July – Hospitality’s Independence (Revolution) Day Looms
The uncertainty surrounding the 4th July as the Government’s reopening date for the UK hospitality industry is leading some businesses within it to state they will open regardless of any further sanctions to go ahead. As financial pressure reaches the point where hospitality businesses face permanent closure many doubtless are calculating that if sufficient numbers … [Read more...]
Greene King to repay Benjamin Greene’s enthusiastic role in slavery
The Black Lives Matter global movement has recently challenged Covid-19 for headlines across the world following the televised murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police. Now two UK businesses are in the headlines for their founders’ involvement in the 19th century trans-Atlantic slave trade, Lloyd’s of London and brewer and pub chain Greene King. Both on Wednesday pledged to … [Read more...]
