Speaking to The Morning Advertiser ( MA) after the release of City Pub Group’s 2020 financial results statement – which saw pandemic restrictions hit its revenue to the tune of £34.2m in the 52 weeks ended 27 December 2020 – executive chairman Clive Watson described the confirmation of indoor pub reopening on 17 May as a “relief” but “no great surprise”. “I think people in this country are on the whole very compliant, so I think it will give them confidence, now they know they can go indoors, to start heading back towards the pub,” Watson told The MA. “So, I think that's good news as well.”