All Pubs articles – Page 9
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News
Labour calls for sector-specific furlough extension
Labour has called for a sector-specific extension of the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme, warning that a blanket withdrawal will force many late-night hospitality businesses to close.
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Analysis & Insight
Operators avoid significant menu price hikes post-lockdown
While menu prices have slightly increased since lockdown ended, operators have avoided making significant price hikes despite the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis, according to Lumina Intelligence’s Menu Tracker.
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Analysis & Insight
August consumer spend sees first uplift since lockdown
Consumer spending saw its first uplift since February 2020 last month, with pubs, bars and takeaway services all experiencing a boost, according to data from Barclaycard.
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Hall & Woodhouse appoints Anne Elliot as non-exec director
Dorset-based pubco Hall & Woodhouse has appointed Anne Elliot as non-executive director, replacing Mike Street who stepped down in May after 10 years on the board.
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JDW scheme ‘cheaper than McDonald’s’
JD Wetherspoon launches a ‘Stay Out To Help Out’ scheme today (Tuesday September 1).
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Sam Smith’s refuses to support track and trace
Samuel Smith, the Yorkshire-based brewer and pub operator, is refusing to cooperate with the government’s track and trace system.
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Robinsons announces boardroom shake-up
North west-based pubco Robinsons has announced a raft of changes to its board of directors.
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Burnham makes peace with pubs with appeal to public
Pub operators and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham have released a joint statement calling on the public to “accept their role” in abiding by local lockdown measures in Greater Manchester. Signed by Admiral Taverns, Greene King, Hydes, Joseph Holt Brewery, JW Lees, Marston’s, Punch Pubs & Co., Robinsons Brewery, Star Pubs ...
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Tim Martin: Virus debate hampered by ‘lack of reliable information’
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has re-entered the debate on coronavirus suppression, arguing much of the science supporting lockdown is inconclusive, and lauding the “cool as ice” Swedish approach.
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Brewhouse & Kitchen attributes 115% sales growth to EOHO scheme
Brewhouse & Kitchen has seen 115% sales growth in the first six days of the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
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Hawthorn Leisure reports solid restart, LFLS down 15%
Hawthorn Leisure, the New River-backed pubco, has reported a “solid” start to its post-lockdown trading.
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Adnams reports H1 losses as coronavirus has 'serious impact' on the business
Suffolk-based pubco and retailer Adnams has reported a sizable loss in its half year accounts to 30 June 2020, with trade considerably affected by the coronavirus crisis.
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Hall & Woodhouse appoints new FD
Dorset-based pubco Hall & Woodhouse has appointed Paul Barnett as its new group financial director.
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Tim Martin: Scientists should publish evidence of transmission in pubs - if it exists
Government policy in the four UK parliaments, and in the Republic of Ireland, is implicitly based on the assumption that there is a high level of Covid-19 transmission in pubs.
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J. W. Lees MD William Lees-Jones: Andy Burnham ‘completely wrong’ on pub transmission
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s singling out of the pub trade is “completely wrong, according to J W Lees managing director William Lees-Jones.
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Wetherspoon to cut over 100 head office staff
JD Wetherspoon has warned that over 100 head office roles could be at risk as it looks to scale back its operation.
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Fullers 'in a stronger position than many' despite £10m hit to sales
Fullers has reported the stark impact of the coronavirus crisis on the final month of its financial year, but said it is “in a stronger position than many to build towards sustained profitability.”
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News
City Pub Group trading profitably after three weeks
City Pub Group has reported total sales for the three-week period since 4 July were £1.8m.
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News
Greene King makes £2m in loans to free-trade pubs
Greene King has made £2m in support loans available to its 6,500 independent free-trade pubs.
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Interviews
Punch CEO Clive Chesser: We need to be ready for more worst case scenarios
Running a pub company when the pubs are closed was always going to be difficult, Punch Pubs & Co CEO Clive Chesser admits, describing the coronavirus crisis as the “most challenging period of my career to date”.