Pubs that check Covid status may be allowed to drop social distancing

[Whorty]

Have you started on the Babysham already? That post makes some of my posts look grammatically correct.

It's a work day today ... I was on a call so slightly distracted Blinkin work getting the way of CUK again

[DaveB]

In the words of my pub owning friends, they'll do it when the supermarkets do.

Right throughout this anyone could go to a supermarket, buy any amount of cheap alcohol and mingle with large numbers of other people in an enclosed space with no other checks than requiring them to wear a face mask, yet pubs are not allowed to sell carry out from the door regardless of the precautions they put in place.

Carry out sales during the first lock down kept many small pubs afloat, banning it without a shred of evidence that they were a centre for the spread of infection has finished many of them off.

[ladymuck]

A nice easy target for you to aim at.

Thanks! I am a simple sort, after all.

[vetran]

In the words of my pub owning friends, they'll do it when the supermarkets do.

Right throughout this anyone could go to a supermarket, buy any amount of cheap alcohol and mingle with large numbers of other people in an enclosed space with no other checks than requiring them to wear a face mask, yet pubs are not allowed to sell carry out from the door regardless of the precautions they put in place.

Carry out sales during the first lock down kept many small pubs afloat, banning it without a shred of evidence that they were a centre for the spread of infection has finished many of them off.

Yep I agree they should have kept takeout from pubs going, as you say probably better than popping to the supermarket. Click & collect would work fine.

[ladymuck]

In the words of my pub owning friends, they'll do it when the supermarkets do.

Right throughout this anyone could go to a supermarket, buy any amount of cheap alcohol and mingle with large numbers of other people in an enclosed space with no other checks than requiring them to wear a face mask, yet pubs are not allowed to sell carry out from the door regardless of the precautions they put in place.

Carry out sales during the first lock down kept many small pubs afloat, banning it without a shred of evidence that they were a centre for the spread of infection has finished many of them off.

Lots of pubs don't have a license to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption either, so they wouldn't have been able to sell out of the back door unless the council's licensing authority helped them by relaxing those terms.

[vetran]

Lots of pubs don't have a license to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption either, so they wouldn't have been able to sell out of the back door unless the council's licensing authority helped them by relaxing those terms.

I think that is something that could have been granted temporarily during the pandemic, government make it possible to change licence for off sales with streamlined approval of the council & police.

[mallisarealperson]

You can drink alcohol in a pub at 16 if accompanied by an adult. Just cannot buy it.

My parents pub only stayed in business because of the sale of food. A lot of pubs rely on sales of food. Especially to Families.

No cert for kids, no family meals in pubs.

This is just another moronic statement from the bloody PM. They need to put him in a round room and ask him to stand in the corner.

[DaveB]

I think that is something that could have been granted temporarily during the pandemic, government make it possible to change licence for off sales with streamlined approval of the council & police.

Yep, all they had to do was notify the local authority that they wanted to do it and approval would have been given.

[vetran]

Yep, all they had to do was notify the local authority that they wanted to do it and approval would have been given.

Seriously or sarcasm?

My understanding is it is more complicated than that.

[d000hg]

I quite like the idea of a pub that keeps social distancing