All the latest news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Businesses in the hospitality and licensed on trade brace themselves for more closures, with the possible exception of offering takeaway facilities as 8 more regions moved into tier 3.
Read more...The furlough scheme has been extended until the end of April 2021 with the government continuing to contribute 80% towards wages – giving businesses and employees across the UK certainty into the New Year
Read more...The ‘new normal’, travel restrictions and wellness are expected to influence food and drink dining trends in 2021, as the industry feels the ongoing affects of the pandemic.
Read more...Permitting people to gather in “unregulated” homes over the Christmas period but the same time banning mixing in pubs is “making a mockery” of the industry, says British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive Emma McClarkin.
Read more...Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has once again hit out at the government handling of the pandemic, and has called for radical change describing the pub situation as “dire”
Read more...Nestlé Professional has launched its Toque d’Or competition and hospitality awards for the 33rd time – with a new format and even more opportunities for young hospitality professionals to get involved.
Read more...The CEO of bar chain Revolution, Robert Pitcher has hit out at the Government’s treatment of bars and late-night operators as he revealed vaccine progress gives the group hope for a strong recovery next year.
Read more...Following the decision to plunge London into the strictest tier Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to reject a appeal by London’s mayor Sadiq Khan for a bailout for the capital’s hospitality industry.
Read more...Pub representative association ‘Standing up for Pubs and Publicans’, The British Pub Confederation has written to the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, Secretary of State at the Department for Business
Read more...Wetherspoon is offering hospitality operators the opportunity to display three posters it has produced giving an alternative view to the government over Covid-19 and lockdown.
Read more...Stonegate Group’s We Love Quiz programme, is teaming up with Christmas-legend Brian Blessed OBE for a festive special pub quiz We Love Quizmas, sponsored by Jägermeister and Gordon’s
Read more...THE Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) has expressed disappointment that Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and East Lothian will move up to tier three from Friday
Read more...SIBA have joined a coalition of industry partners including the British Beer and Pub Association, British Institute of Innkeeping, the Campaign for Real Ale, the Independent Family Brewers of Britain and UKHospitality
Read more...The government is being urged to revise its plan to relax COVID-19 restrictions for five days around the Christmas period, with two prominent medical journals making a joint appeal for the policy to be scrapped.
Read more...The economic viability of Scotland’s crisis-hit hospitality industry could be dramatically enhanced and the prospects for tens of thousands of workers improved by relatively minor changes to restrictions policy
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