Dear Prime Minister,

Roadmap for Re-opening Pubs & Support for Pub now and ongoing – 9 Point Plan to Save Pubs

We are writing in advance of the announcement on Monday, 22nd February about the Government plans and ‘roadmap’ for reopening businesses, including our nation’s important pubs, and the desperate need for proper support until such a time that pubs can reopen with minimal restrictions, indoors and with household mixing, and with no requirement to dine and no curfews. This is a very anxious time for the nation’s pubs and publicans, already facing months with no trade and inadequate support for mounting costs and debts. In advance of the announcement there is inevitably speculation about when pubs may or may not be able to open, and how long further restrictions might last.

Many pubs have now been closed for months and all pubs have now been closed for a very large proportion of the past year. Despite Ministers saying that there has been “unprecedented support” for hospitality, the reality is that the Government has not provided anything more than a small proportion of income actually lost due to being forced to close or operate under restrictions…