Government Must Act On Covid Business Support Before Budget
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has written to the chancellor calling for additional business support before the Budget in March to help protect companies.
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All the latest news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Pubs, Poems, Positivity: National Poem Of Thanks To Resilient Publicans As Pub Poetry Collection Unveiled
A ‘National Poem of Thanks to Our Nation’s Publicans’ has been released today by Pub is The Hub and arts project INN CROWD to thank publicans for their resilience
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74% Of Wet-Led Pubs STILL Waiting On Christmas Grants AND Half Of November Lockdown Grants STILL Yet To Be Paid
BBPA pleads with Prime Minister to speed up delivery of grant payments to pubs
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has today revealed that 3 in 4 wet led pubs (74%)
Read more...Hospitality Sector Expected To Lag Behind During Post-Covid Recovery, Finds Latest EY Regional Economic Forecast
The hospitality sector is expected to take longer than most other sectors to recover jobs lost in 2020, employing substantially fewer people in 2023 than it did in 2019
Read more...Detail Of New Government Grant Scheme Revealed – But Many Companies Still Falling Through The Cracks Says Colliers
The Government’s new grant scheme may still leave many businesses out in the cold, say business rates experts at Colliers International
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Greene King Takes Anti-Racist Stance By Changing Names Of Four Pubs
Greene King is moving to rename four pubs in its estate where the existing names have racist connotations, and will shortly be holding community votes on new names.
Read more...Sacha Lord Calls For Reopening Of Hospitality
Greater Manchester’s night time economy advisor Sacha Lord has called for the reopening of the hospitality sector alongside non-essential retail as part of a return to the Covid-19 tiered system.
Read more...Mounting Debt Crippling Scotland’s Hospitality Sector
Companies in the Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG) say they have taken on over £16m of debt over the past year to stay afloat which, if multiplied across Scotland
Read more...GDP Figures Highlight Economic Importance Of Hospitality
Figures show impact of hospitality on UK’s economy and make the case for sector to be at heart of reopening plans
Read more...UK Hotel Sector Needs Urgent Government Support, Says HVS
Insolvencies and job losses in the UK’s hotel sector caused by the pandemic are likely to increase through 2021 as businesses face a very tough year ahead
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Craft Union’s Christmas Fundraising Continues Despite Lockdown Restrictions
Craft Union Pub Company’s Crafty Squad remained undeterred when tighter Government Tiered restrictions closed many of its doors once again in the run-up to Christmas.
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Supreme Court Orders Insurers To Pay Business Interruption Claims
A massive lifeline has been thrown to small businesses particularly those in the hospitality and licensed on trade as a Supreme Court ruling announced this morning
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Christmas Sales Misery For Pubs And Restaurants
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw total sales drop by 72.6% over the festive season, in what should have been the sector’s busiest trading period of the year
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Prime Minister Rejects Opportunity To Discuss Minister Of Hospitality Position
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected an invitation to meet with petitioners to discuss the possibility of creating a Minister of Hospitality role in parliament.
Read more...Scotland’s Hospitality Sector Hit With Further Restrictions
Lockdown restrictions in Scotland are to further tightened, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced, with restrictions on click and collect deliveries, takeaways, and public drinking.
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