Pubs without beer gardens WILL be able to open on April 12 due to loophole

Pubs without beer gardens WILL be able to open on April 12 due to loophole in easing of Covid restrictions that allows punters to drink in outdoor spaces like car parks Pubs with no garden will be allowed to utilise any outdoor space from April 12  The move allows as many pubs as possible to … Read more

Creative pubs are ramping up plans for spring reopening in 36 days’ time

Creative pubs are ramping up their plans for an Alfresco April ahead of thousands opening up in 36 days’ time. Publicans are already assembling marquees, revamping car parks and even creating a fake beach for thirsty revellers to make their long-awaited return. Industry experts predict about 40 per cent of pubs will reopen when drinking … Read more

Budget 2021: £150m Rishi Sunak scheme helps locals BUY struggling pubs

Rishi’s £150million pub lifeline: Chancellor unveils scheme to help locals to BUY their struggling boozer and other ‘community assets’ like sports clubs The £150m Community Ownership Fund would provide grants up to £250,000  Will also allow bids for up to £1million in ‘exceptional circumstances’  This would allow larger venues like sports grounds and clubs to … Read more

Angry pubs accuse council jobsworths of sabotaging plans for Alfresco April

Pub and restaurant bosses are facing a red-tape nightmare from town hall bureaucrats ahead of the big reopening of the hospitality industry in April, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Venues will be allowed to offer a takeaway menu and serve people outdoors from April 12, but customers will not be allowed inside until mid-May … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak makes £5billion pledge to pubs and high street shops

Chancellor Rishi Sunak makes £5billion pledge to pubs and high street shops to ‘get the tills ringing once again’ High streets and pubs to be thrown a lifeline in Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 Chancellor says  firms, shops, pubs cafes and restaurants will ‘open doors again’ Comes amid warning about the scale of economic damage … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak makes £5billion pledge to pubs and high street shops

Chancellor Rishi Sunak makes £5billion pledge to pubs and high street shops to ‘get the tills ringing once again’ High streets and pubs to be thrown a lifeline in Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 Chancellor says  firms, shops, pubs cafes and restaurants will ‘open doors again’ Comes amid warning about the scale of economic damage … Read more

Return of takeaway pints: Pubs WILL be able to serve beers to go from April 12 

Pubs will be able to serve takeaway pints when they reopen for outdoor service from April 12, Boris Johnson confirmed today.  But drinkers sitting in beer gardens will still have to order booze to their tables, because queuing at the bar will be banned.  The news will be a boost to pubs without gardens, who … Read more

Rishi Sunak considering lower alcohol duty for pubs than supermarkets

Boris Johnson reveals Rishi Sunak is considering lower alcohol duty for pubs than supermarkets as Keir Starmer urges the PM to rule out tax rises ahead of next week’s Budget Tory MPs have urged Boris Johnson to reduce alcohol duty imposed on pubs They want beer duty to be set at a lower rate for … Read more

UK government reviews Covid passports to speed up pubs reopening

Coronavirus passports to go to the pub? Ministers to investigate whether to bring in ‘Covid status certification’ to help speed up the reopening of hospitality industry and workplaces PM said review will look at whether to introduce ‘Covid status certification’  By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 16:09 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: … Read more

‘Call me when Selfridges and the pubs open’: Olivia Attwood SLAMS tentative easing of lockdown

Olivia Attwood has insisted ‘most of the country’ are already going out for walks with people as she hit out at the government’s plans to cautiously loosen lockdown. The TOWIE star, 29, took to her Instagram Stories and shared a snap that read: ‘People in England could be allowed to meet with a friend from March … Read more