Stonegate Pub Company has announced further business support within its lease and tenanted business, Ei Publican Partnerships, creating an overall support package, which has been implemented in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, in excess of £36.5 million. The additional support includes rent reductions of 30% in October and a reduction of 20% in November for tied … [Read more...]
JD Weatherspoon tone rather unfortunately at the hospitality centre of Covid-19, again
Ever since the lockdown back in March JD Weatherspoon has been at the centre of news surrounding the hospitality industry as Chairman Tim Martin loves to be controversial and swim against the tide. At the onset of Covid-19 and the lockdown being imposed Martin told 43,000 staff at Wetherspoons they were not being paid wages until the company was first reimbursed for their … [Read more...]
Greene King employment diversity: creating opportunity with The Prince’s Trust
Greene King is strengthening its partnership with The Prince’s Trust with a new five-year agreement, a pledge to create 1,000 opportunities for young people and an increased financial commitment to the charity directly linked to its workforce diversity aims. Under the new terms of the partnership, funding will be increased by one third and invested into projects that will … [Read more...]
Just Add Talent pubs extend Eat Out To Help Out through September
Star Pubs & Bars is investing £250,000 to enable 90 Just Add Talent managed operator pubs to continue their Eat Out To Help Out offer to customers extending the food discount initiative throughout September. The move is designed to help operators build on the growth in food sales, which went from 14% to over 30% of pub turnover during the Eat Out To Help Out initiative, … [Read more...]
Greene King extend a further £6 Million in pub rent concessions
Greene King Pub Partners has announced a further £6m of financial support for its tied tenants as they work to rebuild their businesses following Covid-19 closures. With the current rent concessions from Greene King Pub Partners due to come to an end eight weeks after reopening, the company’s managing director Wayne Shurvinton has written to all its tied pub tenants to confirm … [Read more...]