Craft Union Pub Company creates online platform for operators
The Craft Union Pub Company has launched an online community to support its publicans and help them create virtual pub events for their customers and staff.
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‘Closing a venue is not the same as closing a shop’
A sole trade operator has shared her fears about the unique position venues that make most of their income from function rooms have been left in.
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M&B furloughs more than 45,000 staff members
The operator behind high street stalwarts O’Neill’s and All Bar One has furloughed 99% of its workforce in a bid to weather the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
Less than a tenth of grants paid to small businesses is ‘unacceptable’
Some 9% of the money earmarked for small businesses has been paid out by local councils, which has been slammed by experts as “unacceptable”.