M&B posts £121m loss as it prepares to reopen more than 1,500 sites
All Bar One owner Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has reported a £121m pre-tax loss for the six months to 11 April as it readies 90% of its sites for post-lockdown trade in July.
Archives for July 2, 2020
Welsh pubs left in the dark over inside reopening
Welsh pubs have been told they can open outdoors from 13 July but still do not have a reopening date for indoor service, which operators say has left them in the dark.
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Taste test: Fourpure ‘No Passport Required’ beers
Fourpure has launches a series of six beers to take drinkers on a ‘no passport required’ journey, featuring a gose, a SIPA, two sours, a DIPA and a coffee stout.
SIBA announces posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award for Roger Ryman
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has announced the posthumous award of a Silver Tankard Lifetime Achievement Award to former St Austell brewing director Roger Ryman for his services to the industry.
Pubs split about viability of taking customer contact details
Pub operators are divided on how viable it is to take contact details from customers to help with the NHS Test and Trace service, new research has found.
Red Oak Taverns secures £2.6m Covid-19 standby facility
Nationwide pub operator Red Oak Taverns has received a £2.6m Covid-19 funding boost through the Government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
Coca-Cola pledges pub support in the months ahead
The UK’s largest producer of soft drinks for the pub and bar sector Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has outlined its intentions to bolster its UK on-trade support including free stock for outlets, bigger wholesale offers, as well as operational...
Shepherd Neame banks £25m ahead of July restart
Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has agreed a £25m borrowing facility through the Government’s Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS).
Revolution Bars to kick off phased reopening on 6 July
Revolution Bars Group has outlined plans to gradually reopen its 74-site stable post-lockdown with measures such as cashless payments and mobile ordering in place.