16/06/2020 | Press coverage
Grant Convey sums up the existential threat facing the UK pub industry in eight words: “We can’t survive with the two-metre rule”. And many of his colleagues agree. Few institutions are as recognisably British as the local pub. And few sectors have suffered more from...
15/06/2020 | Press coverage
Bars, cafes and restaurants are going to be vital to the process of “re-connecting” European citizens socially after the coronavirus pandemic. However, Europe’s hospitality sector, which mainly consists of small and medium sized companies, has been badly hit by the...
15/06/2020 | Press coverage
Lowering VAT rates on alcohol across Europe would tremendously help the hospitality sector’s efforts to turn the business around quickly and eventually recover from the disastrous economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Brewers of Europe. Read this...
4/06/2020 | Press coverage
BRUSSELS/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – As bars across Europe gradually reopen, up to a million free or pre-paid beers are waiting to lure back wary consumers. Beer makers from global giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR) to smaller craft brewers have set up schemes for...
2/06/2020 | Press coverage
On a sun-doused pavement in the French city of Lyon, workers scrub frantically away at the mountain of chairs and tables before them. After weeks of laying idle, bars across the country are being disinfected ahead of their planned reopening on June 2. Similar scenes...
