Further reading:
- Brewhouse & Kitchen sales soar 115% during first week of EOTHO - Nationwide brewpub operator Brewhouse & Kitchen has revealed that its sales more than doubled during the first six days of the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
- Hundreds apply for pub jobs, Robinsons reshuffles board, A-level results 'shambles' - Our latest jobs round-up includes a closer look at soaring job application figures from a number of nationwide pub operators, boardroom changes at Robinsons and the thoughts of Brewhouse & Kitchen boss Kris Gumbrell on the recent A-level results 'shambles'.
- One-in-four Brits reckon running a pub is a ‘very difficult’ career - A cocktail of long hours and spiralling sector costs appear too strong for more than three quarters of the British public, who consider running a pub to be a ‘difficult’ career path.
- B&K work offer to politicians over 'unskilled' jibe - Brewhouse & Kitchen (B&K) chief executive Kris Gumbrell discussed hospitality's status as 'the accidental career' after former Apprentice contestant Frances Bishop told the BBC that working behind a bar taught her more than university.
- 85% of Brits feel pubs are meeting or exceeding Covid-secure guidance expectations - The vast majority of customers who’ve visited post-lockdown pubs have found operators to be compliant with guidance to stop the spread of Covid-19.
- More than 35m meals claimed on Eat Out to Help Out - Over 35m meals have been consumed during the first fortnight of the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, the Treasury has revealed.
- A-Level results 'shambles' shows need for high quality hospitality apprenticeships, says B&K boss - The chaotic release of A-Level results further highlights the need to develop high calibre hospitality apprenticeships as an alternative to higher education, Brewhouse & Kitchen’s Kris Gumbrell has said.
- 60% of EOTHO diners wouldn’t have visited venues without discount - Though initially dismissed as a “gimmick” by some, new data from Streetbees and restaurant booking app OpenTable has highlighted the Eat Out to Help Out scheme could be among the Government’s most effective Covid-19 crisis policies.
- How could post-lockdown distancing rules change the layout of pubs? - The Morning Advertiser (MA) spoke to Jones Architecture & Design’s creative director Abi Perry-Jones to run the rule over post-lockdown pub blueprints before trading resumes under social distancing.
- Digital tools won’t just exist for social distancing - they’ll become the ‘new normal’ - Social distancing may force operators to re-programme post-lockdown pubs to accommodate new consumer behaviour – but which tech innovations can help them push the right buttons?
