Greedy Gordons Group to open two pubs
Richard Gordon and Sonya Harvey, the co-owners of Northamptonshire-based Greedy Gordons Group who have run Punch pub the Red Lion at Cranford for the past four years, are poised to open two pubs, creating 60 new jobs.
The Pig & Waffle in Grafton Underwood, near Kettering – a private lease with Boughton Estates – will open in early June, while Grade II listed private lease the Snooty Fox in Lowick – acquired by the Greedy Gordons Group before the pandemic – will finally open its doors in early July.
“Our focus at present is being able to finally welcome customers into our wonderful new pubs and continue to safely maximise trade at the Red Lion,” Gordan said. “But we have an appetite for opening further sites in Northamptonshire, including Northampton, when the time and opportunities are right.”
Independent pub company Punch and Big Smoke Brew Co have joined forces to launch a collection of craft beer and food pubs across the southeast of England.
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Passengers arriving in Heathrow from Brazil today revealed how they made a desperate scramble home through France to avoid having to quarantine in hotels for 10 days.
Travellers entering England from Brazil, where a new mutant strain of Covid is running rampant, will be forced to self isolate, possibly at the cost of up to £1,500, according to new plans revealed today.
Today, Home Secretary Priti Patel declared that Britons returning from around 30 red list Covid countries will be forced to quarantine in hotels for 10 days at their own expense.
The list includes South Africa, which is also enduring a new coronavirus strain, and Portugal, which has many connecting flights from Brazil.
Those arriving must take test up to 72 hours before leaving country of departure
But there is still confusion over which tests will be accepted om 4am this Friday
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Ministers faced fury today as travellers are left in limbo with the new rules on coronavirus tests before arriving in the UK still not published - less than 48 hours to go until the system comes into force.
From 4am on Friday those arriving by boat, train or plane - including UK nationals - must have tested negative in the previous 72 hours.