More pubs set to go bust before reopening
Marston s boss Ralph Findlay says Johnson s roadmap must have some degree of positivity and a route to seeing these restrictions lifted
22 February 2021 • 10:53am
The boss of Marston s has warned that more pubs will go under without urgent help as the Government prepares to unveil its roadmap for lifting lockdown.
Ralph Findlay, chief executive of the pub chain, said it was inevitable that more pubs will run out of money before they could reopen, adding that many had already done so.
He told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme: There has been government support for business but as a sector we have had no income for nine months – we’re still incurring costs. So each week as more money is being spent, there is only so long that can go on for . I do think it is really important for us to get back to normal.
How lockdown is hurting British business – sector by sector
From hospitality to retail, from aviation to the public sector, coronavirus has left scars which will last for years
20 February 2021 • 5:00am
Never before in modern history have governments deliberately shut down their economies to the extent witnessed in the last year. In an effort to halt the rapid spread of Covid-19 policymakers have implemented a range of restrictions, including total shutdowns of key sectors.
Now, however, there is light at the end of the tunnel, with hundreds of thousands of Britons receiving vaccinations each day and Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to unveil a road map out of lockdown.
Inside Britain’s last temperance bar – the first of a new brand of boozer
An alcohol ban in pubs is under consideration, and young people are shunning drink. Is Mr Fitzpatrick s the future of our watering holes?
20 February 2021 • 5:00pm
Ashleigh Morley-Doidge, owner of Mr Fitzpatrick’s Temperance Bar
Credit: Lorne Campbell/Guzelian
During its 122-year history, Mr Fitzpatrick’s bar in Rawtenstall has endured enough crises to turn many to drink – two world wars, the Spanish Flu pandemic, and now Covid, to name but a few. But with Britain’s hospitality trade tanking and many pubs closing their doors for good, spirits are still high at Britain’s last original temperance bar, which has stood on Bank Street in the Lancashire mill town since 1899.