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- On-trade time limits boost off-sales August 11, 2020Grocery sales were down 17.8% over the latest four-week period to the 12th of July but as people continued to spend more time at home sales of alcohol in supermarkets grew by 76% over the 12 week period to July the 12th. “Although people are free to visit pubs and restaurants with the easing of […]
- UK fast-tracks pavement licences for trade August 10, 2020The Bill speeds up the process of applying for pavement licences by allowing local authorities to delegate decisions on such matters to sub-committees and council officials. The fee for such a licence enabling hospitality businesses to use outside spaces will be no more than £100 but the needs of disabled people will be […]
- Net sales down 20% at Diageo Ireland August 10, 2020“A soft first half performance was further exacerbated by on-trade closures,” stated the multinational which pointed out that Rockshore here continued to show “double-digit” growth through Rockshore Cider and high single-digit growth was reported in Rockshore Lager despite Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. “This was offset by declines in Guinness, driven by closure of the on-trade and […]