Britain’s Drinking Habits Are Changing Under Lockdown
With Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants shut down, the nation’s drinking patterns have changed as a result, with almost a quarter of the population (24%)…
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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 Supporting Their Communities
As the nation’s pub lockdown ends its second week, pubs across the country continue to step up to help their local communities. Many of them…
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Macphie Collaborates To Produce Hand Sanitiser Amid Shortages
Macphie is collaborating with Loch Lomond Distillery to make hand sanitiser for frontline services during the coronavirus outbreak. The organisations are working together to produce…
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CAMRA Invites New Labour Leader For A Pint Down The Virtual Pub
Labour’s new leader Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner have been invited to share a pint with CAMRA and discuss the benefits Britain’s beloved locals bring to communities. CAMRA would normally…
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CAMRA’s On The Hunt For Beer And Cider Educators To Drive Online Learning
The Campaign for Real Ale is urgently looking for beer and cider educators to develop a syllabus of educational materials so that beer drinkers and pub-goers can learn more about…
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PCA Urges Pub Landlords To “Demonstrate Support” During Crisis
The PCA and Deputy PCA have called on all the Code pub-owning businesses not currently waiving rent to demonstrate how they will support every tenant…
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Hall & Woodhouse Cancel Rent And Service Charges, And Suspend Pub Loan
Hall & Woodhouse (H&W) the independent family-owned Dorset brewer, has confirmed its support of its Business Partner estate by cancelling all rent and service charges,…
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Chancellor Strengthens Loan Support for Small Business
£90 million of business interruption loans approved for nearly 1,000 firms and £1.9 billion corporate finance provided to firms hit by COVID-19 current loan scheme…
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Hospitality Businesses Need Extra Protection After Landlord Retaliation
UKHospitality has written to the Government to ask for urgent support to protect businesses from punitive legal sanctions from commercial landlords. The trade body has…
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Join Us For A Pint At The Red (On)Lion – CAMRA
New virtual pub launched to tackle loneliness during lockdown CAMRA has created a virtual pub where beer and cider drinkers as well as regular pub-goers can…
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StarStock Launches mypubshop.com To Transform Thousands Of Pubs Into Community Stores Selling Essential Food Items
A ground-breaking new national initiative will enable pubs to trade as food shops and transform into ‘click and collect’ havens, helping to give their local…
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CAMRA Furloughs Half Its Staff To Protect The Campaign
The Campaign for Real Ale has decided to furlough nearly half of its staff in order to protect its ability to campaign for as long as…
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Whitbread Diverts 65,000 Meals To Charity To Help Those Most Vulnerable During Coronavirus Crisis
Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hospitality operator, has donated over 27 tonnes of food to charity, the majority of which will be to food redistribution…
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New Job Finding Service For Tourism & Hospitality Workers Launched
A new free-to-use HospitalityUnite jobs portal has been launched this week to help workers from across the hospitality and tourism sector who may find themselves displaced as…
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The Licensed Trade Charity, Together With Kopparberg Launch The ‘Together We Can’ Campaign, To Support The Hospitality Industry Across The UK
As the hospitality industry temporarily closes its doors in communities across the UK to tackle COVID-19, The Licensed Trade Charity and Kopparberg are launching the…
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