Help Save Community Pubs

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Remove table service legislation so that small community pubs who have a capacity indoors for under 40 allow patrons to order at the bar before being seated. Allow people to congregate within the rule of six and social distancing measures. Allow the businesses to trade effectively and make a profit.

I have managed a small village pub for over four years. Our clients and patrons are friends, family and occasionally new faces. Since the current new guidelines we have had to reduce our custom by 50% whilst increasing our staffing by 50%. The business model will not work and we will be forced to close our doors within the next month. This situation will result in the loss of jobs, the loss of lifelines for many of our older patrons and the end of a business that has been well managed for nearly two hundred years. We ask that community and village pubs are able to trade with limited numbers, PPE and social distancing. But we request that small pubs without menus and food be able to serve drinks from the bar in order to break even and hopefully make a profit.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Exempt small pubs from table service regulations

If you want the table service requirements to be removed from all pubs, you could start a new petition requesting this, but it would need to be clear that you want this to apply to all pubs.

Timeline

27 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
5 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Oct 2020

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