SHIEL PORTER

Surrey based Hogs Back Brewery has made sustainability integral to its business for many years with the growing, harvesting and packing of its hops on site, and the shift from plastic to returnable glass flagons.  It has now literally ‘gone green’ by painting its brewhouse floor a bright lime hue. 

Hospitality employers are being urged to support their staff as the sector reopens post-lockdown, as well as boost retention, by giving them the advance notice of working hours and shift patterns that effective teams need to deliver great customer service. Workforce management specialist Bizimply has responded to new research by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) which has found that almost two-fifths (37%) of UK workers in full or part-time employment are given less than a week’s notice of their shifts or work patterns.

As operators plan for the restart of indoor trading next month, leading music and technology providers Startle and Rock and Roll Bingo are offering pubs and bars across the country a free month of their popular music quiz to help them hit the high notes on reopening.