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Pubs continuing to offer physical and emotional support during lockdown

More than three weeks since pubs closed their doors due to the Covid-19 outbreak, many are continuing to work tirelessly to support their local communities. The help takes many forms, from offering essential supplies to customers, to preparing hot meals for local homeless and other vulnerable people, as well as keeping regulars entertained and connected during isolation with online quizzes, music nights and more.

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Pubs help communities through lockdown

John Porter

As the nation’s pub lockdown ends its second week, pubs across the country continue to step up to help their local communities. Many of them have turned their businesses into village stores, offering vital supplies for collection or delivery, while others are providing hot meals to people in self-isolation.

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Pubs Supporting Their Communities

John Porter

The Covid-19 pandemic may have closed pubs for now, but their support for their local communities remains undiminished as licensees up and down the country adapt to offer local people practical, social and emotional support to help them weather this unprecedented crisis. If ever there were proof that pubs are a force for good in their communities, this is surely it!

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Pizza delivery to St Thomas Hospital using Toggle gift card

Say it with Pizza! Thank-you food and community meals as Toggle goes free

John Porter

Everything from thank-you meals for key workers to food deliveries to isolated friends and family can now be bought online, as gift card platform Toggle makes its service free for the duration of the coronavirus lockdown.

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Charities and grassroots sports could lose £35million in lockdown; pubs support communities in pandemic

John Porter

The nation’s 12-week lockdown could cost charities and grassroots sports an estimated £35 million in funds raised by pubs, according to PubAid, the group dedicated to promoting pubs as a force for good in their communities. However, hundreds of pubs, who have seen a drastic fall in trade since the Covid-19 outbreak, are actively increasing support for their communities, helping local residents who are unable to leave their homes.

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Bidfresh launches direct-to-consumer home delivery

John Porter

Fresh food supplier Bidfresh is adding direct-to-consumer home delivery services from its depots around the UK in response to the national measures introduced to address the coronavirus outbreak.

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Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery has introduced a new Drive Through service for its draught, bottled and canned beers

Drive Through for Fresh Beer at Hogs Back Brewery

John Porter

Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery is finding new ways to keep its beers flowing to customers through the coronavirus ‘lockdown’, as people heed Government advice to stay away from pubs and bars and work from home.

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Brakspear presents final cheque to Mind

John Porter

Pub operator and brewer Brakspear has presented a cheque for £31,296 to Mind, the leading mental health charity, after a year-long fundraising drive across the company’s 130 pubs.

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PubAid has welcomed a number of new members to its steering group as it gears up to expand its activities over the coming months.

New members for PubAid steering group

John Porter

PubAid, the organisation dedicated to promoting pubs as a force for good, has welcomed a number of new members to its steering group, as it gears up to expand its activities over the coming months, with a new website in development and increased marketing and PR spend.

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Pub operator and brewer Brakspear has purchased the Egypt Mill in Nailsworth, near Stroud.

Cotswolds purchase takes Brakspear managed estate to 16

John Porter

Pub operator and brewer Brakspear has purchased the Egypt Mill in Nailsworth, near Stroud. The historic pub with dining, accommodation and a thriving wedding and functions business takes Brakspear’s managed estate up to 16 sites.

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Digging for victory: Finalists Announced in Oliver Kay Produce Vegan Dish recipe competition

John Porter

Three chefs have been shortlisted as finalists in the Oliver Kay National Vegan Dish of the Year 2020, and will now cook off their recipes for a panel of industry judges to decide the overall winner.

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Scapegrace Black gin has a deep black colour, which strikingly changes to shades of red and purple when mixed with tonic.

Black Out: UK launch for Scapegrace Black Gin

John Porter

Scapegrace Black, a naturally black gin from New Zealand, is being launched in the UK, joining Scapegrace Classic and Scapegrace Gold in the portfolio distributed by Hi-Spirits.

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