Camra chairman Nik Antona said ‘quite a few pubs haven’t opened’ because ‘they just haven’t had an opportunity to do everything they needed to do in time’.
Up to half of pubs in England have not reopened for Super Saturday due to insufficient notice from the Government, the national chairman of the Campaign for Real Ale has said.
After being greeted by Steve and Katy Boulter, who run the Royal Oak in Barton-under-Needwood in Staffordshire, he said one-way systems, protective screens and other measures had made pubs safe. ‘The Government have not really been helpful with their guidance, leaving it to the last minute in a lot of cases.‘What you are finding is, some of the pubs haven’t even bothered opening today – they want to see what’s going to happen.The New Inn public house near Brentford Football Club remains closed
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