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Early trading in reopened Liberation Group pubs on the Channel Islands suggests that Covid-19 lockdown hasn’t damaged consumer confidence despite stringent on-trade distancing measures.
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak asking for further grants, extensions to both the full furlough and Bounce Back Loan schemes as well as a longer business rates holiday.
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.
The sector is running out of time and desperately needs clarity on reopening guidelines, according to the boss of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII).
Community pub operator Admiral Taverns has launched a new online support platform to help the publicans behind its estate of around 1,000 sites prepare for life after lockdown.
Ei Publican Partnerships has revealed plans to distribute 1m items of personal protective equipment (PPE) to its pub operators before sites reopen.
Brewer and operator St Austell has restarted beer production in preparation for the possible reopening of pubs on 4 July.
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has revealed it is open to the possibility of renaming one of its sites due to historic links with the slave trade.