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NHS workers receive meals prepared by The White Swan, Pickering

Pubs continue to serve communities as closure set to extend til July

With July confirmed as the earliest date for their reopening, the UK’s pubs are facing a minimum of six further weeks of closure, followed by the challenge of reopening with social distancing measures. Despite the uncertainty ahead, licensees and their teams across the country are continuing to do sterling work to help their local communities through the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Country pub sells £25,000 of gift cards in lockdown

John Porter

Regulars at village pub the Devonshire Arms have spent £25,000 on gift cards to support their local during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The pub in Middle Handley, Derbyshire, has worked with gift card platform Toggle to encourage loyal customers to buy cards which can be used to buy food and drink from the Devonshire Arms once the happy day arrives and the pub can reopen.

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The team from McMullen’s pub The Hare in Harlow deliver meals to local Princess Alexandra Hospital

Communities and vulnerable supported through pandemic by ‘pub heroes’

John Porter

Since the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown last month, hundreds of pubs have stepped up to help their customers, elderly and other vulnerable people, NHS and key workers and local charities

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Hogs Back Brewery offers ‘Barbecue to You’ service

John Porter

With the barbecue season upon us, Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery is expanding its home delivery service to offer fresh bread and meat alongside its beers to the many people making the most of their gardens and outdoor spaces during lockdown.

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Hogs Back Brewery implements social distanced ‘hop twiddling’ for healthy hop crop

John Porter

Hogs Back Brewery is carrying out the traditional, and essential, task of ‘twiddling’ the newly-emerging hop plants in its hop garden, while complying with social distancing rules.

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Pubs continuing to offer physical and emotional support during lockdown

John Porter

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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