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40% of Brits Say Their Favourite Pubs Are Still Closed Due to Ongoing Restrictions

by Michael Curzon
26 June 2021 4:41 PM
Pub Closed Blackboard or Chalkboard Sign Due to Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic

Pub Closed Blackboard or Chalkboard Sign Due to Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic

The Chief Executive of the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) warns that the continuation of restrictive measures – especially relating to social distancing – in the hospitality industry means pubs are having their post-lockdown recoveries trashed before they’ve even begun.

40% of Brits say their favorite pubs are still closed because of these restrictions, according to a new survey. Despite this, the Government is considering introducing more measures, with vaccine passports in pubs seemingly back on the table. The MailOnline has the story.

In a survey of 1,000 adults, 40% said their favourite pubs are still behind locked doors.

It comes after the BBPA said the restrictions must be removed if the industry is to fully recover from the impact of the pandemic.  

“The current restrictions on pubs are flatlining their recovery before it has even had a chance to begin,” Chief Executive Emma McClarkin said.

“Pubs and licensees are struggling to recover with the current restrictions they face and debts are accumulating. Every week the current restrictions stay and uncertainty continues, the likelihood of pubs being lost forever increases.

“The countdown to freedom is on in England for pubs on July 19th, but the Wales and Scotland Governments must give more certainty to publicans.”

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Covid passports could be used to keep pubs and restaurants open this winter under plans being drawn up by ministers. 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned although it is “looking good” for the lifting of restrictions on July 19th, Britain could still face a “rough winter” if cases surge.

Plans for the widespread use of so-called Covid passports were put on the back-burner earlier this year following a backlash from MPs and parts of the hospitality sector. 

But a review into “Covid certification” led by Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove is now examining whether they could be used to enable venues like pubs, restaurants and theatres to remain open if cases rocket later this year. 

Worth reading in full.

Tags: HospitalityPubsSocial distancing

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Cecil B
Cecil B
4 years ago

I don’t go to the gulag pubs where you have recite your ID number before you can get a drink

We have our own freedom pub

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Julian
Julian
4 years ago
Reply to  Cecil B

Sadly not found such a pub yet where I live so they are all closed to me

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Dave Angel Eco Warrier
Dave Angel Eco Warrier
4 years ago
Reply to  Cecil B

I haven’t come a pub yet that is serious about the QR code stuff. Most are just going through the motions and are not strict about it. People either pretend to use it or just don’t bother.

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Dave Angel Eco Warrier
Dave Angel Eco Warrier
4 years ago

My favourite pub is open but it has a flat, sterile atmosphere as if drinking in a shop storeroom. Mask wearing is depressingly ahered to by the regulars (not me) even if taking just three steps to and from the main door. That the landlady goes about without a mask herself does not seem register with my fellow drinkers. I find it perplexing.

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Richardm
Richardm
4 years ago

Why do we continually refer to ‘as a result of the pandemic’ when it is a result of government policy – plain and simple – right?

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Dave Angel Eco Warrier
Dave Angel Eco Warrier
4 years ago
Reply to  Richardm

Totally agree. I am forever correcting people on that one.

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tom171uk
tom171uk
4 years ago
Reply to  Richardm

Yes. Entirely correct. The pandemic itself has caused few problems in the greater scheme of things. The hysterical overreaction, both by government and a pliant public, has caused the damage.

Last edited 4 years ago by tom171uk
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Noumenon
Noumenon
4 years ago

The government wants to engineer a situation where vaccinated people can mix as they please and therefore any difficulties economically can be blamed on those who won’t submit.

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Lockdown Sceptic
Lockdown Sceptic
4 years ago

We were in LONDON for the anti Lockdown demo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stand in South Hill Park Bracknell every Sunday 10am meet fellow lockdown sceptics
Join our Telegram Group: t.me/astandintheparkbracknell

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Clancloch
Clancloch
4 years ago

To be honest I don’t have that much sympathy. A lot of them have happily gone along with these absurd measures – what do they expect.

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NeilofWatford
NeilofWatford
4 years ago

Part of the grand plan to crush the spirit of Brits by destroying whee we meet, where we worship, families, relationships, small businesses.
Hancocks has gone. Johnson and Gove next.
Enough is enough.

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donald
donald
4 years ago

I will never comfortable in a pub – not until I can simply walk in, go to the bar, and get myself a drink. (And I promise not, unlike the Health Secretary, to get caught having a emotional rendezvous with a member of the bar staff in the cellar.)

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donald
donald
4 years ago
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I will never [feel] comfortable in a pub…

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Crystal Decanter
Crystal Decanter
4 years ago

The working class must be crushed by the WOKEing class

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ebygum
ebygum
4 years ago

It’s like watching Whales trapped on a sand bar, refusing to help themselves and go back into the sea! I just don’t care about these businesses any more, they have had fifteen months to register all the facts, if they can’t help themselves so be it. I only go to pubs where I can sit in an outside space, be served, end of. I don’t go anywhere where masks are put on for standing up etc…totally demented. Just frickin open, take the chance, advertise, block the courts up, be dammed if you lose your licence, get together and protest, just DO something!

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