Birmingham Pub Fined £10,000 For Lockdown Breach
A Birmingham pub has been fined £10,000 after police raided a lock-in that saw dozens of drinkers mixing indoors without social distancing an hour after curfew.
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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.
New Data Shows 79% Decline In UK Cash Transactions
A new report by UK merchant service provider, Paymentsense, reveals a sharp decline in consumer use of cash by 79%, accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...ONS Employment Stats Reinforce Need For Targeted Support For Hospitality
The release of figures today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) highlights the scale of the crisis currently being faced by hospitality businesses and emphasises
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Bidfood Launches New Home Delivery Service Platform, ‘Bidfood At Home’
This week, sees the national roll out of Bidfood at home, the new consumer shopping platform from foodservice provider Bidfood.
Read more...RSM Calls On Government To Delay HMRC’s Move To Preferential Creditor To Protect ‘Fragile’ Businesses
Restructuring and advisory consultants RSM has called on the Chancellor to urgently consider a twelve-month delay to the introduction of HMRC’s preferential creditor status.
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Roger Protz Celebrates Britain’s Family Brewers With A Series Of Virtual Tastings
Renowned author and beer expert Roger Protz is leading a series of virtual beer tastings featuring beers from his book, The Family Brewers of Britain.
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Meals & More Calls For Collective Action Against Holiday Hunger This Christmas
Fifth Annual Campaign Encourages Food Industry to Unite to End Holiday Hunger
Meals & More, the charity has called on the Government to go even further to help hungry children this Christmas.
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Wadworth To Sell 21 Pubs
Wadworth has today confirmed that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 21 pubs to Liberation Group (owners of Butcombe Brewing Co) for an undisclosed sum.
Read more...October Consumer Spending Drops By 0.1% As Brits Embrace Takeaway
Consumer spending declined 0.1 per cent year-on-year in October, as the introduction of further restrictions and the arrival of colder weather encouraged Brits to stay at home
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Nearly A Third Of Britain’s Licensed Premises Shut Ahead Of Lockdown
Trading restrictions led almost a third of Britain’s licensed premises to shut their doors last month, the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA
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Government Extends Relaxed Takeaway Regulations Until March 2022
The blanket provisions allowing all pubs to serve takeaway food and booze will be extended by the Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick to give the hospitality sector long-term reassurance.
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Pubs And Restaurants Urged To Increase Security During Lockdown
A fresh warning is being issued for pubs and restaurants to double up on security measures for the month-long lockdown to avoid the spate of break-ins seen during the first lockdown in March.
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Labour Leader Backs End Of Curfew
Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer has today called for a rethink on the 10pm pubs curfew after the blanket lockdown ends in England, insisting it had not worked’.
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UKInbound Presents Targeted Funding Request To Government
UKinbound have launched a fresh call to save inbound tourism through the creation of an ‘Inbound Tourism Resilience Fund’ to help businesses wholly reliant
Read more...October Sees Over 21,000 Hospitality Job Losses
As England goes into a second lockdown, the latest figures from hospitality software supplier Fourth reveal the impact COVID-19 continues to have on jobs
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