With nine million people in the UK saying they feel lonely,
@heinekenUK_News
thinks pubs could be the answer to help tackle social isolation. They teamed up with ex-Corrie and Emmerdale stars,
@ryanjamesthomas
and
@adamthomas21
for this year’s Brewing Good Cheer campaign.
"If this is the plan for reopening, it will see more businesses going under. We need a plan to get pubs open safely more quickly, otherwise the sector is in real danger of even more failures and job losses."
@UKHospKate
@UKHofficial
“Hospitality is a livelihood for hundreds of thousands of families across the UK and without support, we are in very real danger of these livelihoods being stripped away and plunging hard working people into unaffordable circumstances."
@Sacha_Lord
Eight out of 10 licensees oppose Government-proposals to introduce a vaccine passport policy for pubs, according to a poll of The Morning Advertiser readers.
“If pubs are forced to stay close until May, it would mean they have faced 14 months of lockdowns and restrictions. How on earth could the Government expect them to survive?"
@beerandpub
@EmmaMcClarkin
@UKHofficial
@UKHospKate
Our final award of the evening. The award for Outstanding Industry Contribution goes to none other than
@UKHospKate
! Well deserved, Kate 👏
#PublicanAwards
Ahead of the launch of the city’s night-time economy strategy, Manchester’s night time economy advisor
@Sacha_Lord
, discusses where the sector is going wrong when it comes to the working environment and how we can improve, attract and retain more people
.
@Sacha_Lord
said energy bills in some hospitality venues have tripled with many expecting extra costs of between £15,000 to £20,000 by the end of the year.
The Morning Advertiser has today, officially served the on-trade for 225 years. Watch out for a bumper celebratory issue this Monday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MA! 🥳🍾🎉🍻
“I’m asking everybody now, protect your local pub, protect your local restaurants, protect family businesses and contact your MP, let's make as much noise as we can."
Do you have Perspex screens installed at your pub? How do you feel after leaked Government documents have discouraged their use citing air flow concerns?
#ukpubs
“[The Government] think we sell food and drink. We don’t. Proper pubs sell social cohesion. The value of that should not be underestimated – we will be paying the cost of mental illness for years.”
It's time for our final award of the evening. For taking on huge responsibilities to help her company provide more than 20,000 meals to the homeless, the award for Outstanding Industry Contribution goes to Emma Page from
@yummypubs
! Well-deserved, Emma
#PublicanAwards
“The greengrocers has gone, the butcher’s has gone, the banks are closing, the high street is starting to disappear so pubs have become more important than ever"
Pete Brown starts 2018 as he is likely to go on, controversially. Read why he's planning to vote with his feet when it comes to JD Wetherspoon and beer mats in his latest opinion for
@morningad
@PeteBrownBeer
@jdwtweet
Hospitality is in crisis. On current estimates, more than half of hospitality businesses and as many as 2m jobs will not survive the next few months
@DowneyJD
#ukpubs
#NationalTimeOut
Elite Bistro’s
@GaryUsher_
the man behind the award winning Sticky Walnut, Burnt Truffle and Hispi, to name a few, has now opened his first pub, the White Horse in Churton, near Chester.
'I have long harboured the suspicion than the ultimate objective of British politics for the last fifteen years has been to destroy the pub trade'
@cjsnowdon
#ukpubs
#Lockdown2
Voted for by our finalists and judges, for launching a range of amazing crisis initiatives and setting the standards for other leaders to follow, our Business Leader of the Year award sponsored by
@Popall
goes to... Nick MacKenzie from
@greeneking
!
#PublicanAwards
“Pubs, bars and restaurants have been most damaged by the economic turbulence of the past three years and support is now being pulled from under businesses that are only just beginning to recover.”
@Sacha_Lord
Celebrity chef and pub operator
@ChefTomKerridge
is set to follow up the success of his recent BBC series with a live Q&A for the pub sector with a panel of experts
#ukpubs
Some 68 Conservative MPs have urged the Chancellor to slash beer duty in the Budget, saying this would encourage punters back to the pub
#ukpubs
#Budget2021
"Many people, myself including, bought alcohol from pubs in the spring, partly to show our support but mainly because they were the only places to get draft beer."
@cjsnowdon
#ukpubs
“The Government must act to secure the future of pubs, social clubs and taprooms, or the fate of these much-loved community hubs across the UK will forever be in jeopardy.”
@CAMRA_Official
@UKHofficial
A group of licensees, pub campaigners and small brewers have joined forces to create mass membership group
@CampaignforPubs
as the on-trade prepares for life after lockdown
#ukpubs
“This announcement is great news for hospitality businesses that have been struggling to see how they could survive through to the Prime Minister’s reopening dates."
#ukpubs
“This is a crisis and we need immediate intervention. We need somebody to get a grip and we need strong leadership to get us through this.”
@Sacha_Lord
South-west-based operator
@palmersbrewery
has given its licensees a retrospective rent reduction of 50% for the month of March, before
#Coronavirus
hit the industry, along with no rent payable for April
#ukpubs
#UnitedWeStand
Comedian
@almurray
has become an ambassador for national grassroots campaign group
@CampaignforPubs
and is calling on all pub-lovers to sign its latest petition
#ukpubs
Great British Bake Off winner-turned-publican
@CandiceBrown
trapped herself in a giant pint glass outside parliament to highlight the monetary bind facing local pub operators
#ukpubs
@LongLiveLocals
#GBBO