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

Pubs are only dangerous to old and fat people, covid expert says

Pubs are only dangerous to old and fat people and airplanes are ‘safe’ because they have the same standard of ventilation as a theatre, covid expert says Professor Robert Dingwall said the risk from pubs was ‘heavily age loaded’ He added that planes were ‘fundamentally safe’ because of their air conditioning Boris Johnson’s roadmap will … Read more

Pubs are only dangerous to old and fat people, SAGE adviser says

Pubs are only dangerous to old and fat people and airplanes are ‘safe’ because they have the same standard of ventilation as a theatre, SAGE adviser says Professor Robert Dingwall said the risk from pubs was ‘heavily age loaded’ He added that planes were ‘fundamentally safe’ because of their air conditioning Boris Johnson’s roadmap will … 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

Churches, pubs and schools could be told to make counter-terror plans

Churches, pubs and schools could be told to make counter-terror plans so they are prepared for any attack Businesses in public places will be told to draw up counter-terrorism plans They must set out what to do in the event of a terror attack under a ‘Protect Duty’ Consultation paper suggests that this includes shops … 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

Tory MPs and hospitality leaders unite to urge PM to be bold and allow pubs to reopen by Easter 

Tory MPs lined up with business leaders last night to urge Boris Johnson to ‘be bold’ and accelerate the lifting of all lockdown restrictions. Pubs and restaurant owners said they needed to see light at the end of the tunnel after a devastating year for the hospitality industry. Former Conservative leader Lord Hague heaped further … Read more