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[optomistic] 21/6/2020 10:00

blueball, article dated 24th Jan...

[blueball] 21/6/2020 08:33

Drinks ban at Gravesend Pub.

[johnwise] 21/6/2020 08:23

Boris Johnson is set to unveil a new 'one metre plus' rule within days and give Britons the green light for holidays and haircuts as he tries to breathe life back into the economy.

[kpe] 21/6/2020 05:42

Could go either way. Spoons are cheap on products but require volume of customers to hit margins. Unfortunately with distancing rules volume is something that clearly isn't going to happen.

[tim 3] 20/6/2020 16:22

Looks fairly certain 4 July will be opening again and probably with 1 meter distancing if today's reports are accurate.The size of your average spoons pub obviously has to give them a significant advantage over the competition.

[johnwise] 18/6/2020 20:45

Pub chain says it will reopen on July 4 with or without government green light

The founder of the pub chain Oakman Inns has vowed to reopen all of its sites on 4 July even if the government has not relaxed restrictions, amid fears thousands of jobs could be lost in the coming months

[asusasus] 12/6/2020 08:22

Be back over 11 quid today. Cheap!!

[bookbroker] 12/6/2020 07:44

There are quite a number of Spoon’s pubs without beer gardens, assume they will remain closed, and difficult to see how many in the entire business will remain viable, the village boozer will likely see a resurgence over urban watering holes.

[johnwise] 12/6/2020 06:43

Still waiting for the apology from Communist China.

With the Chinese plage about.- Who would risk going to a pub at any distance.?


The two-metre meltdown: MPs claim three out of four pubs, restaurants, hotels and travel businesses could go bust unless guideline is relaxed

[manc10] 08/6/2020 23:13

anybody seen kreature loooooooooooooool short here nailed short on optibiotix at 26p wooooow nailed?

[waldron] 08/6/2020 14:41

Pubs set for June reopening in bid to ‘save the summer’

Jun 8, 2020

The Week Staff

Chancellor Rishi Sunak leading push by MPs for imminent hospitality industry relaunch






Boris Johnson raises a pint in a London branch of Wetherspoons in 2019

The reopening of UK pubs may brought forward to 22 June under a new plan to “save the summer”.

Rishi Sunak is one of six ministers calling themselves the “Save Summer Six” who want to speed up the relaunch of the hospitality industry in order to boost the economy.


The proposals would allow some of the 27,000 UK pubs that have gardens or other outdoor spaces to serve customers for the first time since lockdown began in mid March, the Financial Times reports. And restaurants with outside seating could also be back in business.

JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin welcomed the move but warned that struggling pubs “would still lose money”.

“Few pubs will be able to make a profit using outdoor space only but partial reopening will provide a psychological boost to a beleaguered industry,” Martin told The Guardian. “It will signal the intent of the government to make progress towards normality, which will be welcome.”

The government initially set a date of 4 July to begin the third phase of easing lockdown, which includes pub reopenings.
EU countries pledge support for tourism sector in bid to save summer season




The proposed timetable has been announced after Business Secretary Alok Sharma warned Boris Johnson last week that failure to reopen the hospitality sector in time for the summer could cost up to 3.5 million jobs, according to The Sunday Times.

Trade body UK Hospitality has told the BBC that allowing pubs to open this month was a step in the right direction, but that easing social distancing was more important.

The organisation estimates that with the current two-metre rule, pubs would be able to make about 30% of normal revenues. But if social distancing regulations were reduced to one-metre, predicted revenues would increase to between 60% and 75%.

UK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls said that the proposed June relaunch “does at least give us momentum - allowing businesses to plan and customers to book. July 4 had always only been an aspirational date to start re-opening.

“This gives some certainty about the direction of travel. Some businesses have not opened since last November, because they are seasonal. It is important to start as soon as they can.”

[johnwise] 07/6/2020 08:48

Table service, booths, and toilets with traffic lights: Irish pubs plan for an uncertain future after Covid-19

Mr O'Donovan hasn't heard of any pubs making the decision to close permanently just yet, but said a lot of other publicans have said the two-metre social distancing rule will make their pubs unviable.

[zztop] 07/6/2020 00:30

You tubePacman face mask comin soonA solution?If the government get their way.

[johnwise] 06/6/2020 13:19

Al fresco Britannia! Restaurants, pubs and cafés prepare for continental-style outdoor-dining revolution after Boris Johnson's 'Great Recovery Bill' vows to fast-track requests for tables and chairs in street

[bountyhunter] 06/6/2020 11:13

blueball's short in trouble?

unlike the Government's app the Spoon's app is tried and tested and I'm confident will give JDW a competitive advantage as lockdown is released

[johnwise] 06/6/2020 10:46

VIDEO

Wokevirus

[blueball] 06/6/2020 07:48

I will not go to a Wetherspoons pub again.

Not a pleasant experience.

[johnwise] 06/6/2020 05:08

If 2 metre social distancing remains in place then we're finished. Nothing can ever reopen or function in a normal manner, politicians need to see this.


No queues for this


Startling photos have been released by JD Wetherspoon that document what their pubs will look like when they finally reopen to the public after lockdown.

[pete123456] 06/6/2020 04:34

try drinking a pint through a face mask.

tip invest in none plastic straw manufactures.

[2trying] 05/6/2020 23:54

Well said zztop .

Pint of Guinness in a plastic glass ?
No thanks .

How does a paper plate keep my food warm ?

How do I cut my steak (whatever) with wooden cutlery ?
Just what I've always wanted - a mouthful of splinters !

Don't think I'll bother .

[zztop] 05/6/2020 09:58

Plastic glasses wooden cutlery paper plates order app onlyDont think it's anything to look forward tooIt's not about the virusIt's about destroying everything that went beforeGod help us all

[johnwise] 05/6/2020 07:57

Young's expects to reopen pubs by August

[waldron] 05/6/2020 06:51

Giulia Bottaro

14:00 Thu 04 Jun 2020
viewYOUNG & CO 'A'
Young's expects to reopen pubs by August

The publican expects weak trading until next year and has modelled various scenarios, including venues remaining shut
YOUNG & CO 'A' - Young & Co.'s expects to reopen pubs by August

Young & Co.'s Brewery PLC (LON:YNGA) said it expects to open its pubs by August 3, though it warned trading activity will be significantly lower until next year.

The publican is also factoring in more severe scenarios where either venues remain closed or reopen and are then forced to close again.
READ: Young & Co suspends dividend payments

The firm, which has 276 pubs mostly located in London, said closures in the last 10 days of its financial year resulted in £13mln of revenue losses and a “disproportionate impact on profits”, estimated to be £7mln, due to limited opportunities for mitigating actions.

In the year to March 30, revenue rose 3% to £311mln while profit before tax tanked 24% to £29mln. It did not recommend a final dividend.

“This positive news may be toasted by patrons but they may choke on their pints when they find out what a trip to their local could be like in a ‘new normal’,”; said AJ Bell’s Russ Mould.

“Will a more sterile setting with staff in masks and gloves, ordering drinks purely through an app and tables set two metres apart really appeal? On the other side of the equation will such measures be sufficient to calm fears over a risk of infection.”
Westminster’s ‘secret blueprint’ to reopen pubs

On Wednesday, breweries announced plans to produce 250mln pints of beers within the next two weeks as the government is reportedly drawing up a ‘secret blueprint’ to help UK pubs open again.

Venues could be asked to use an app to receive orders, like the one already implemented by JD Wetherspoon PLC (LON:JDW).

Last week, The City Pub Group PLC (LON:CTY) said there indications from Westminster that pubs with beer gardens might be able to resume trading in the first week of July.

The England-focused firm, which owns 47 outlets, is planning cashless bars, limited menus in its outlets with beer gardens and plastic glasses, paper plates and wooden cutlery to replace glasses, ceramics and metal knives and forks.

Shares in Young’s dipped 1% to 1,135p on Thursday early afternoon.

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