Scottish pubs to be banned from serving takeaways indoors
Pubs in Scotland will no longer be able to serve takeaways indoors and can only operate from a hatch or doorway as of Saturday (16 January).
Archives for January 13, 2021
The Lock In Podcast
The Lock In Podcast: New Year, new lockdown
With the pub industry back under full lockdown, the podcast team review the Christmas that wasn't, discuss the current dilemmas facing the trade, and kick around some practical ideas of what pubs can be doing while we await the next government decision...
Supreme Court business interruption insurance ruling due on 15 January
The Supreme Court has revealed its ruling on whether insurers should pay out on business interruption claims relating to March’s coronavirus lockdown will be handed down this Friday (15 January).
JDW takes down 'slap in the face' anti-lockdown posters
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has removed posters from some of its pubs' windows following backlash against its 'lockdown-sceptic' comments.
PCA pens letter to tied tenants and ‘stops the clock’ on pubs code deadlines
Pubs code adjudicator (PCA) Fiona Dickie has approved a new declaration to ‘pause and preserve’ key rights during fresh lockdown restrictions and written to tied tenants in recognition of yet another ‘bitter blow’.
Down the drain: pubs report thousands worth of wasted stock
Pub operators have described thousands of pounds worth of wasted stock, which has gone out of date or had to be thrown away amid England's third lockdown.
£25k in grants for Scottish pubs, versus £9k for England's
Scottish operators are to receive top-up Government support grants of up to £25,000.
Property round-up
Pub lost every 20 hours, continued rent concessions pledged, £100,000 for ‘pop-up LGBT+ bar’
The first property round-up feature of 2021 includes an update on pub closures during the past 12 months, the latest on pubco rent concessions, and a recap of Fleurets’ Survey of Pub Prices 2020.