No US Tariff On Beer A Welcome Relief For Britain’s Brewers
Decision by US, a market worth £107 million to British brewers, will aid British beer’s recovery from COVID-19
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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.
Hospitality Sector See Sales Halved In First Month Back
Britain’s managed pub, restaurant and bar groups saw total July sales down 50.4% on the same month last year as the sector re-emerged after lockdown, latest data from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show.
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Petition To Reverse Tax Rise For Small Independent Breweries Receives Over 7,000 Signatures In 24 Hours
A petition launched yesterday, which calls on the Government to reverse the proposed tax rise for small independent breweries, has received over 7,000 signatures in its first 24 hours.
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Tougher Licensing Powers Needed To Crack Down On COVID-19 Safety Breaches Says LGA
Pubs and other licensed premises should be made to comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines with councils given the powers to close down places where rules are being flouted
Read more...Accommodation Providers In Regional UK Locations Are Bouncing Back Faster Than Those In London
As London stirs back to life, a new wave of job cuts at hotels indicates that many of the city’s accommodation businesses continue to reel from the fallout of the coronavirus.
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Hospitality Sector ‘Worst Hit’ By Pandemic As UK Enters Recession
The COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing lockdown has led to the United Kingdom’s first recession in 11 years, with hospitality being the ‘worst hit, according
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Over 10.5 Million Brits Claim Half-Price Meals In First Week
British diners took advantage of the Chancellor’s “eat out to help out” scheme and ate more than 10.5 million meals last week as part of a new Government plan to boost the UK’s hospitality sector, particularly pubs and restaurants after months of lockdown.
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UKH Calls For Investigation Into Hospitality Energy Market
UKHospitality has written to the Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng MP calling on the Government and Ofgem to investigate unfair practices in the energy market.
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Landmark Isle Of Dogs Pub Taken Over By East London Operators
Laura Lythall and Sam Hawkes of The Ship Inn, Canary Wharf, have taken on their first Star Pubs & Bars lease, the former The Great Eastern on Glenaffric Avenue on the Isle of Dogs
Read more...Publican Expresses “Deep Regret” Following Link To Covid Outbreak
The landlord of pub in Staffordshire which has been linked to a coronavirus outbreak has admitted he was “simply not strong enough” in ensuring social distancing measures were enforced.
Read more...July Sees Continued Improvement In Consumer Spending
Consumer spending declined 2.6 percent year-on-year in July – the smallest fall since lockdown began – as Brits spent more on non-essential items.
Read more...Scientists Should Publish Their Evidence Of Covid-19 Transmission In Pubs – If It Exists
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has called for the government to publish evidence of Covid-19 transmission in pubs.
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Who Will Take The Title In The Toughest Culinary Battle Of National Chef Of The Year History?
The Craft Guild of Chefs has not let COVID-19 stop them finding ten truly talented chefs to make the National Chef of the Year final this year.
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Managed Pub Groups Lead Steady But Mixed Out-Of-Home Sales Recovery
As Britain’s managed pub, bar and restaurant groups reopened more sites last week, sales across the market also saw an improvement on previous weeks although they remain significantly below pre-COVID norms, latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker figures reveal.
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22,000 Restaurant Jobs Shed So Far – Double Last Year’s Amount
The number of jobs lost across the embattled restaurant and casual dining sector so far this year is already nearly double the amount shed during the whole of 2019 with experts fearing that the worst is yet to come.
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