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7.8m pints of low- and non-alcoholic beer to be sold in Dry January 

7.8m pints of low- and non-alcoholic beer to be sold in Dry January
Pubs are missing out on the ‘NoLo’ boom and drinkers are urged to support their local
10 Jan 2022
Last orders called at 10,000 pubs, clubs and restaurants

Last orders called at 10,000 pubs, clubs and restaurants
GDP is boosted by reopening of hospitality and leisure, but licensed premises remain in limbo
13 Oct 2021
Pubs ‘to stay shut until May’ under three-stage lockdown easing plan

Pubs ‘to stay shut until May’ under three-stage lockdown easing plan
Hospitality bosses prepare for further misery as new data shows sector lost £200m a day in 2020
28 Jan 2021
Five-day old sushi leaves woman with hallucinations

Five-day old sushi leaves woman with hallucinations
And other stories from the stranger side of life
3 Dec 2020
72% of hospitality and pub businesses could close in 2021 

72% of hospitality and pub businesses could close in 2021
Trade bodies call for more government support to save thousands of firms and hundreds of thousands of jobs
19 Nov 2020
Parliament U-turns on exemption from nationwide 10pm curfew

Parliament U-turns on exemption from nationwide 10pm curfew
Watering holes on the parliamentary estate will be forced to shut after MPs blast ‘tone deaf’ decision
28 Sep 2020
Rishi’s dishes: should Eat Out to Help Out be extended?

Rishi’s dishes: should Eat Out to Help Out be extended?
Restaurant and pub diners have tucked into 64 million discounted meals in three weeks
26 Aug 2020

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Reopened pubs and restaurants say punters are staying away

Reopened pubs and restaurants say punters are staying away
Sales down by about 40% year-on-year in fresh blow for hospitality industry following easing of lockdown
17 Jul 2020
Instant Opinion: ‘poor lives matter whatever their colour’

Instant Opinion: ‘poor lives matter whatever their colour’
Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Thursday 25 June
25 Jun 2020
Pubs set for June reopening in bid to ‘save the summer’

Pubs set for June reopening in bid to ‘save the summer’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak leading push by MPs for imminent hospitality industry relaunch
8 Jun 2020
PM hints Britain’s pubs could open ‘sooner than July’

PM hints Britain’s pubs could open ‘sooner than July’
Prime minister ‘optimistic’ that bars may reopen with reduced social distancing restrictions
28 May 2020
At least 30,000 pubs and restaurants to stay shut post-Covid

At least 30,000 pubs and restaurants to stay shut post-Covid
New poll suggests pandemic is final nail in coffin for many hospitality businesses
22 May 2020
Pubs ‘may be closed until Christmas’ due to lockdown 

Pubs ‘may be closed until Christmas’ due to lockdown
Michael Gove say bars will be among last businesses to emerge from restrictions
20 Apr 2020
2019 NFL London Games: fixtures, tickets and where to watch

2019 NFL London Games: fixtures, tickets and where to watch
Jaguars take on the Texans at Wembley Stadium on 3 November
28 Oct 2019