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Jobs Round-up

Greene King recruiting A-Level recipients, Be Inclusive Hospitality mentorship scheme, new FD at Hall & Woodhouse

13-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

This week, brewer and pub operator Greene King outlined plans to hire 150 new apprentices and Dorset-based Hall & Woodhouse recruited a former Deloitte partner, while Be Inclusive Hospitality unveiled a new mentorship scheme.

Two more pub and bar operators face administration

12-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Morning Advertiser (MA) understands that London pub operator Out of the Woods Group and Leeds-based bar group APN have both gone into administration.

UK enters first recession in 11 years

12-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

The UK economy has slipped into its first technical recession since 2009 after suffering its biggest slump on record as a knock-on effect of Covid-19 lockdown measures.

Property round-up

Coaching Inn Group adds 18th site, Roseacre approaches double figures, pub reopenings outstrip restaurants

12-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

Roseacre Pub Company and The Coaching Inn Group provide updates on their growing estates, while CGA figures reveal that pubs are reopening at a quicker rate than restaurants.

‘I’d never seen another black person running a pub until a couple of years ago’

11-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

In light of the Black Lives Matter movement, The Morning Advertiser (MA) asked how well the pub industry reflects the society it serves.

Boris Johnson would close pubs before schools in severe local lockdowns

10-Aug-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has labelled getting children back in schools “a moral duty” amid suggestions that he would force the closure of pubs, restaurants and shops ahead of shutting schools in the event of severe local spikes in coronavirus cases.

SBR changes: hastening job losses and limiting choice or correcting ‘market distortion’?

07-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Morning Advertiser (MA) spoke to a number of brewers-cum-bar operators about the recent changes to Small Brewers Relief (SBR) and the impact it could have on both their businesses and the wider pub sector.

Country Pub Group goes into administration

06-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

The operator behind a quartet of pubs in the south west has been placed into administration.

Up to 130 JDW roles ‘at risk of redundancy'

06-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has notified its entire head office workforce that a possible 110 to 130 positions are at risk of redundancy.

Jobs round-up

Pernod Ricard adds senior quartet, former Ei boss joins Bedlam, how to claim CJRS bonus

05-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

Pernod Ricard adds four to its marketing team as part of a digital shakeup, Bedlam Brewery appoints new chairman and pub refurbs create 70 new jobs.

‘Encouraging’ July trading for Loungers

05-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

Café-bar operator Loungers has revealed relatively flat year-on-year July trading across its 165-strong stable despite post-lockdown trading restrictions.

Property round-up

Wedding pot spent on pub garden, Star invests £1m in Scottish sites

05-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

A number of regional operators including Robinsons, Inn Collection Group and Priory Inns North West have unveiled revamped sites after sizeable recent investment.

No plans to shut pubs in ‘trade-off’ to reopen schools, minister confirms

03-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has moved to quell speculation the Government could call time on reopened pubs and restaurants as part of a ‘trade-off’ to allow children to return to classrooms in September.

Beds and Bars offering free drinks for new stem cell register sign ups

31-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Backpacker bar and hostel operator Beds and Bars has joined forces with Team Margot and DKMS to drive sign-ups to the stem cell register in the fight against blood cancer through its annual Live Your Life event.

MA'S REVIEW OF THE WEEK

Eat Out to Help Out ‘quite a partial, divisive’ move

31-Jul-2020 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's (MA) editor Ed Bedington catches up with Admiral Taverns' Chris Jowsey to discuss what’s grabbed his attention from the week’s headlines.

Jobs round-up

Two thirds fewer shifts being worked post-lockdown, pub receives almost 500 job applications

30-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Despite reports of 484 applicants competing for two jobs at a south London pub, the number of shifts being worked across the UK's hospitality sector remains at less than a third of pre-pandemic numbers.

Coronavirus puts £10m dent in Fuller’s figures

30-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Fuller, Smith and Turner is in a ‘stronger position than many’ according to its chief executive, despite the coronavirus’ estimated eight-figure impact on company trading.

Blackrose targets 200 new sites by the end of 2021

29-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Aprirose-owned pub management company, Blackrose, has announced five appointments as part of plans to build an estate of close to 250-sites by the end of 2021.

Liberation Group reshuffles senior team

29-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Channel Islands-based pub company the Liberation Group has announced the creation of two new senior roles as part of its response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Property round-up

Seven-figure sums invested by JDW, Robinsons and Craft Union

29-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Pub operators including JD Wetherspoon (JDW), Punch and Craft Union have completed extensive pub refurbishment projects amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

All Tavern Propco tenants will have ‘tailored solutions and recovery plans’

27-Jul-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Bosses at Tavern Propco have assured The Morning Advertiser (MA) all its tenants will receive “workable” and “tailored solutions” for their rent issues following the coronavirus lockdown.

£2m support pledged to Greene King independent pubs

23-Jul-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Greene King has made £2m in support loans available to its 6,500 independent free-trade pubs as part of its 'Bounce-Back' measures.

Pub company co-owned by Stuart Broad registers ‘pleasing and humbling’ post-lockdown innings

22-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Co-founded by cricketers Harry Gurney and current England international Stuart Broad, the Midlands-based Cat & Wickets Pub Company has recorded stronger than expected takings straight off the bat after reopening on 4 July.

Little interview

Pub operator wants taxpayer money ‘spent somewhere else’ after successfully diversifying trade

21-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

A Norfolk pub operator plans to eschew further taxpayer-funded Government support for his site after registering year-on-year growth under a diversified business model since lockdown.

Rileys Sports Bars seeks buyer after entering administration

20-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Insolvency specialists are seeking a buyer for Rileys Sports Bars after the pool and snooker hall chain fell into administration amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

St Austell appoints Georgina Young as brewing director

16-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Georgina Young will oversee brewing and operations at both St Austell Brewery and Bath Ales as the Cornish brewer and pub operator’s new brewing director.

Loungers to fully reopen 165-site estate by 5 August

16-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Café-bar operator Loungers plans to accelerate the reopening of its Lounge and Cosy Club sites off the back of positive post-lockdown trading.

Majority of customers feel safe returning to pubs

15-Jul-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Almost all (99%) customers said they felt safe visiting a pub while 98% felt comfortable about returning to one in the future, a new survey has found.