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Restrictions to cost pubs 1.3m pints during England v Germany morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Restrictions to cost pubs 1.3m pints during England v Germany

Pubgoers are predicted to buy 5.25m pints tomorrow (Tuesday 29 June) when England face Germany in the knockout stages of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, one trade body has estimated.

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Cities’ night czars call for more support morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Cities’ night czars call for more support

Night-time economy advisers in Bristol, London and Greater Manchester have written to the Chancellor urging for more support in an “unprecedented period of restrictions.”

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Calls to mass vaccinate young Scots as pubs 'needlessly closing' morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Calls to mass vaccinate young Scots as pubs 'needlessly closing'

Mass vaccinating young Scots would prevent hundreds of venues being forced to close their doors and help workers' mental health, pub bosses have claimed.

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‘The match day buzz is just not the same’ morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

‘The match day buzz is just not the same’

As I write this, Wales are taking on Italy in the Euros, their final game of the group.

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A third of independent licensed venues still shut morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

A third of independent licensed venues still shut

About two thirds (66.9%) of independent venues in the on-trade have now reopened compared to 93.1% of managed sites, research has found.

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Delivery driver shortage now at ‘catastrophic proportions’ morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Delivery driver shortage now at ‘catastrophic proportions’

A national lack of HGV drivers due to the coronavirus pandemic is now being hit further by the reopening of shops and the hospitality sector, causing concerns about costs.

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Drinks sampled at The MA's second Virtual New Products Showcase morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Drinks sampled at The MA's second Virtual New Products Showcase

A plethora of drinks were sampled as part of The Morning Advertiser's Virtual New Products Showcase.

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Guinness unveils MicroDraught, charity brews for India’s Covid effort and police officers, Ellie Goulding invests in hard seltzer morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Guinness unveils MicroDraught, charity brews for India’s Covid effort and police officers

On top of Guinness launching what it claims to be its biggest brand development since 1988, 16 brewers have joined forces to raise funds for India’s Covid effort.

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Glasgow Covid measures 'counter productive' morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Glasgow Covid measures 'counter productive'

Scottish operators have warned continued lockdown measures in Glasgow could do more harm to public health than good.

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Pubs to lose out on £80m bank holiday pint sales morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Pubs to lose out on £80m bank holiday pint sales

Pubs are set to serve 21m fewer pints than normal over the spring bank holiday weekend.

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Hospitality job postings up by 46% amid indoor reopening morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Hospitality job postings up by 46% amid indoor reopening

Pubs are desperately seeking more hands on deck with the number of new hospitality job vacancies rising by 46% in the past two weeks.

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Pub chains will have to show calorie labels on menus morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Pub chains will have to show calorie labels on menus

Some pubs will be forced to display calorie counts for dishes on menus, it was revealed in the Queen’s Speech.

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Adnams forecasts return to full rent ‘later in the year’ morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Adnams forecasts return to full rent ‘later in the year’

Suffolk-based brewer and operator Adnams anticipates that its pubs will return to full rents later in the year provided there are no further regional or national lockdowns.

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Future-proofing your pub as restrictions begin to lift morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Future-proofing your pub as restrictions begin to lift

As Boris announced the return of indoor dining from 17 May, the industry breathed a sigh of relief as pubs and bars were finally able to welcome customers over the threshold after a tumultuous year...

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Consumers still 'really engaged' in cocktail culture while bars were shut morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Consumers still 'really engaged' in cocktail culture while bars were shut

Diageo’s Hywel Evans pours over ways in which pub and bar operators can increase profitability with cocktails once Covid restrictions ease.

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UEFA EURO 2020™: ‘A massive opportunity to claw back some of the money we've lost’ morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

UEFA EURO 2020™: ‘A massive opportunity to claw back some of the money we've lost’

Having been side-lined for the best part of a year, pub operators from England, Scotland and Wales see this summer’s UEFA EURO 2020™ as a potential gamechanger. Here, four operators discuss their...

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Guinness spin-off Hop House 13 to be axed in Britain morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Guinness spin-off Hop House 13 to be axed in Britain

Diageo is calling last orders on its Hop House 13 brand in Great Britain, The Grocer has learned.

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Almost a quarter of operators’ outdoor trade ‘barely worth reopening’ for morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Almost a quarter of operators’ outdoor trade ‘barely worth reopening’ for

Operators have detailed a mixed bag of trade experiences since reopening on 12 April, an industry survey has revealed.

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'Not the time' for mandatory calorie labels on pints morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

'Not the time' for mandatory calorie labels on pints

Reports of proposals to force large pub chains to display calorie labels on pints of beer have been dubbed “outrageous” and described as “costly and complicated” by the trade.

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Pubs to miss out on £325m in Easter beer sales morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti…

Pubs to miss out on £325m in Easter beer sales

UK pubs will miss out on the sale of 85m pints this Easter, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

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