Uber is offering half-price rides to pubs across the country in a bid to get locked-down Brits back out drinking when venues finally reopen next week.
The ride-sharing app has launched a campaign to help get England s boozers back on their feet, with the wider hospitality sector decimated by restrictions in recent months.
Many will already be chomping at the bit to return to the pub, but as an added incentive, Uber is offering a 50 per cent discount, up to £6, to the first 30,000 riders between April 12 and May 16.
It comes as industry figures warned today that drinkers should take cash to the pub due to control freak government rules banning the taking of payments inside.
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A pub landlord has been ordered not to use his £50,000 chalet with a bar, pizza oven and TV to house outdoor diners because it breaks Covid rules.
Jason Kalen, who runs The Marlborough in Wiltshire, claimed the structure was safe because it had a one-inch gap in the ceiling for ventilation.
However, council officials pointed out that it broke established rules requiring at least 50% of the walls to be open to the outside.
Therefore, he has been told he cannot use the chalet until punters are allowed to host people inside again on May 17, although he still has other space in his garden to accommodate drinkers from next week.
Chiara Wilkinson
The Three Compasses pub on Dalston Lane.
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After months of anticipation, prime minister Boris Johnson has given Hackney hospitality the go-ahead to welcome visitors for food and alcohol outside from April 12.
So if you are wondering where to book in Hackney, the
Gazette has rounded up a few of the great beer gardens in the borough opening the week of April 12.
The Adam and Eve, Homerton
155 Homerton High St, Homerton, London E9 6AS
Adam & Eve pub on Homerton High Street.
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The Adam and Eve on Homerton High Street is home to a swanky refurbished beer garden, blooming with colourful plants and a friendly atmosphere. It also has an inspired menu of Thai street food to enjoy, cooked with locally sourced ingredients.
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THE Thames Traditional Boat Festival will return in August.
The annual exhibition of vintage boats is scheduled to take place at Fawley Meadows from Friday to Monday, August 27 to 30.
The festival was cancelled last year due to the pandemic.
Lady McAlpine, who is co-chairman of the “Trad”, said: “Finally, we can announce that the four-day festival will take place after missing last year for the first time in 41 years.
“The festival is usually held in July but we have had to move it to the August bank holiday weekend because we are dependent on the royal regatta for use of the meadows, which it owns.
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PUBS and restaurants are proceeding with caution after being given a roadmap for the lifting of coronavirus measures.
Although they can start to serve customers from April 12, this will be outdoors only for at least a month.
The possibility of trade being heavily dependent on weather means some have decided to wait until May to bring staff back and re-open fully.
Limits on social contact are set to remain until June, which means covid safety measures will restrict the number of customers for some time.
Jayne Worrall, who runs the Bull pub in Wargrave, only has a small garden area with six tables so she has decided to wait until May 17 when customers are expected to be allowed indoors.