City Pub Group CEO Clive Watson: ‘250 jobs at risk without better support scheme’

Up to 250 jobs could be at risk at City Pub Group without an improvement in the chancellor’s Job Support Scheme, CEO Clive Watson has told MCA. Given the continued closure of certain premises – the group has reopened 37 of its 48-strong estate – Watson said that Sunak’s proposed 33% wage subsidy plan will not be sufficient to support pubs that are still closed, or those where operating hours have been significantly reduced.