A popular, award-winning pub in Cheshire has been forced to close over the winter due to a 'perfect storm' of issues including the Covid lockdowns and Brexit.
It encourages customers to visit independent local pubs instead of the nearest branch of the pub chain
Pubs are reopening up and down the land and now a new app will let you find the best local boozers nearby so you never have to head to a Wetherspoons again.
From queues in Dover to rising food prices, Brexit has been blamed for a number of things impacting families. But it has given us Rishi Sunak's 'Brexit pub guarantee' - here we look at the good, the bad and the ugly consequences.
Nearly 200,000 hospitality workers have left the UK since the pandemic, despite post-Brexit visa schemes introduced by the Government, according to Caterer.com.
Bars and pubs are struggling to get drinks from Europe due to Brexit paperwork and rising costs
24/06/2021
‘Everything’s just a lot more difficult and it’s costing us more’
Battle to stabilise hospitality and tourism in the Ribble Valley after blows of Brexit and pandemic
16/06/2022
Tourism and hospitality activity in the Ribble Valley and work to stabilise the constantly-changing visitor economy following Brexit and the pandemic is being discussed by borough councillors this week.
Berkhamsted pub announces closure due to ‘Covid, the impact of Brexit and the rising cost of living’
10/01/2023
One of Berkhamsted's oldest pubs has announced that it has permanently closed after dealing with the ‘impact of Covid, the impact of Brexit and the rising cost of living’.
Brexiteers promised to “take back control.” But the decision has instead delivered recession, gloom, and despair.
Driver shortages caused by Covid-19 and Brexit mean a pub's much-loved giant pork pies could be off the menu for the first time in years.
Just as Britain’s pubs, restaurants and food retailers prepare to emerge from lockdown in the coming months -- generating an expected surge in business -- Brexit threatens to deal the beleaguered sector a fresh setback.
Brexit: despatches from the downside – No 7
03/11/2023
Your weekly update from the Brexit ‘downside bunker’, chronicling the downsides, and occasional upsides, of Brexit.
Britain needs 100,000 more drivers if it is to meet demand, according to the UK's Road Haulage Association (RHA). The signs are already there: sporadic gaps on supermarket shelves, pubs running low on beer, McDonald's suspending milkshakes.
British holidaymakers heading to Spain at Christmas could miss out on favourite drinks due to alcohol shortage
27/10/2021
British holidaymakers planning to escape to Spain for Christmas could struggle to get their favourite drinks at bars, restaurants and supermarkets due to alcohol shortages.
Wetherspoon's — one of the U.K.'s largest pub chains — admitted this week that they were struggling to keep some major beer brands in stock.
British pubs facing ‘acute’ staff shortages
03/06/2021
Restaurants are also having to reduce capacity because they do not have the staff to open.
The White Cliffs Hotel is 140 years old but the owner said it suffered a steep downturn after Brexit and the pandemic.
Heartbreak as popular Berkhamsted pub The Lamb announces closure due to 'Covid, Brexit and rising cost of living'
09/01/2022
A spokesperson said: "With a heavy heart, we are sad to announce that we will not be reopening The Lamb’s doors again. With the compound impact of Covid, Brexit & rising cost of living, we can no longer continue to trade and have decided to move on."
Businesses in Cumbria’s hospitality sector fear a perfect storm of Brexit and coronavirus mean they face losing out on potential trade when lockdown eases.
How cocktail of Brexit and Covid is causing mounting problems in Folkestone - and across the country
08/09/2021
But over the course of the year, a crisis, fuelled by the decision to leave the European Union, has been steadily, stealthily, stretching its tentacles around many of the services and products we expect and rely on.
Mitchells & Butlers, part-owned by horseracing tycoons John Magnier and JP McManus, said Brexit had compounded risks around the supply and cost of products as well as labour shortages
A HOSPITALITY crisis has beset the Isle of Wight, leaving busy pubs, hotels and restaurants desperately looking for staff.
It is in Former Brexit Voters that the Flame of a Truly Impactful Rejoin Movement is Now Being Kindled
19/06/2023
Many of the leave voters George Llewelyn met in 2021 were dissatisfied Eurosceptics who are now ardent rejoiners. How did it happen?
Rishi Sunak says he wants to protect the price of your pint - but membership in the EU didn’t stop him.