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One third of nightclubs expect to close within a month if no Government support is forthcoming in what the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) is describing as a “cataclysmic Christmas”.
More than 100,000 retail, hospitality and leisure businesses have called for a #BusinessBooster and urgent assurances financial support will be provided to these sectors who are hitting rock bottom following Plan B measures.
UKHospitality has warned of the costs of potential closure for the hospitality sector while Greene King said the trade is already in shutdown “in all but name”.
Pub operator and brewers, Fuller’s, has closed the majority of its city pubs temporarily and called on the Government to provide immediate suspension of business rates and an extension on VAT reduction.
A complaint against Babe White With Bubbles and Babe Rose With Bubbles has not been upheld by the alcohol industry’s Independent Complaints Panel (ICP).
Managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon has put its faith in its employees by recruiting four current pub managers to its board.
Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) managing director Colin Wilkinson has branded the move to include cafes, takeaways and fast-food multinationals in funding pledged to help the hospitality sector as “utterly indefensible”.
The Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, has called for the Northern Ireland Government and UK Government to work together and “come up with an urgent support package for pubs”.
Hospitality leaders have warned Chancellor Rishi Sunak that he must commit to a package of support for businesses within the next 24 hours or risk the permanent closure of thousands of pubs and restaurants.
It was a sobering experience watching my social feeds this weekend, as operator after operator voiced their despair as they watched Christmas trade fall off a cliff.
A rise in the number of brewery taprooms along with low and no-alcohol beers will take centre stage in 2022, according to beer line cleaning expert Beer Piper.
Running Your Own Pub
Have the events of the past couple of years made you rethink what you want to do with your life? If so, perhaps escaping to the pub has been a recurring theme. Why not consider running your own pub?
An industrial action ballot has been threatened at logistics firm GXO because of a “complete mess” in the new payroll system.