Taverns

I will fight in court to get pubs open again, writes Punch Taverns founder HUGH OSMOND 

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Back in January the Prime Minister heralded the new Covid vaccines as our ‘way out’ of lockdown.  Since then more than 24million people have been vaccinated but the Government has been busily moving the goalposts and I don’t know a single person who understands why we are doing what we’re doing any more. Indoor ‘non-essential’ … Read more

Ditch the two-metre rule now… or face economic disaster, writes Punch Taverns founder HUGH OSMOND 

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When it was announced in March, the Government’s Job Retention Scheme was rightly hailed as an unprecedented and inspired policy to save British business. And yet, as the cost of furloughing more than quarter of the entire workforce passes £20billion, and with still no end in sight, I fear it could end up being the most … Read more