Licensed Vintners Association Says Confusion Around July Reopening Causing Huge Stress

Chair Noel Anderson says a clear announcement is needed by the weekend so businesses can prepare

Chair Noel Anderson:

"The government just do not understand how businesses operate. You need to organise, to organise stock. I, myself, have 20 staff coming between the two pubs: is that to happen or not? It's really, really stressful, what's going on, for the publicans on their staff. And as I said, this is not just a pub industry, this is a wider industry, and the death by a 1000 leaks is absolutely destroying us."

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