London Cocktail Club owner Nightcap sees its shares jump after sales rocket as drinkers flood back to its bars since indoor reopening Revenues rose 92% in the last three weeks compared to the same period in 2019 Weekly sales at its seven newly acquired bars hit an all-time of more than £520K Company continues to … Read more
A quick one at the Coach and Horses! Drinkers run for their lives as horse bolts through crowd enjoying first day of open-air hospitality in Wales Shocking scenes show moment a carthorse narrowly avoids trampling drinkers Horse had been tethered near Castle Court pub, on Isle of Anglesey, north Wales Owners allegedly went on six-hour … Read more
Drinkers should take cash to the pub when they reopen for outdoor drinking on Monday due to ‘control freak’ government rules restricting the taking of payments inside, industry figures warned today. Landlords fear that patchy rural broadband and mobile signal means that card machines will be difficult to use in pub gardens, creating the prospect … Read more
A year ago today, British drinkers enjoyed a last night out and panic-bought alcohol before the country went into lockdown. Ahead of the UK’s first Covid shut down, which was announced three days later, Chancellor Rishi Sunak effectively signed a blank cheque as he unveiled a huge new coronavirus bailout to cover the wages of millions of … Read more
Stella Artois has lowered its alcohol strength to 4.6 per cent in a health drive by Belgian brewers. The amount of alcohol in the Belgian lager – for which the slogan ‘reassuringly expensive’ ran in the UK from 1982 to 2007 – has been reduced from 4.8 per cent due to ‘health and wellness trends’. … Read more
One in four drinkers increased their alcohol consumption during coronavirus lockdown… with young middle-class women most likely to turn to booze to cope, study suggests University College London surveyed 30,000 people during the first lockdown Research suggests that women may be more vulnerable to lockdown anxieties Quarter of all drinkers increased their alcohol intake in … Read more
Celebrating New Tiers Eve! Drinkers in areas moving up to Tier 3 enjoy their final pints before pubs are forced to close at midnight Revellers who are still in Tier 2 until midnight have hit the bars to make the most of their last drink of 2020 Those moving in to tier 3 include Bath, … Read more
Revellers made the most of Tier 2 restrictions by partying in York last night despite plummeting temperatures and flooding. Drinkers flocked to pubs, bars and restaurants as they continued their festive celebrations in the historic Roman city. Women smiled for photographs and one showed off her flexibility by raising her right leg above her head … Read more
Shoppers and traders in the Sussex town of East Grinstead told today how people had been flocking in from nearby Tier Four areas to finish their Christmas shopping. It comes as police in York slammed drinkers who also travelled to the Tier 2 city’s pubs from neighbouring Tier 3 locations after officers handed out a ‘shocking’ number … Read more
Drinkers in the Home Counties embarked on their final evening out tonight before Tier 3 restrictions are imposed at midnight – as those elsewhere hit the streets again after it was confirmed they would remain under looser lockdown rules. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday plunged numerous counties into the ‘very high alert’ top tier of … Read more