Open or shut case.
Following the rumours that pubs are to be allowed to open with further restrictions, can I, as a former licensee, say this is not opening at all. Though some campaigners may see a food-led pub, selling just soft drinks, as a step in the right direction, it would be the death knell for the trade itself. The problem the industry has now is how to tempt people back, how to get them back in the habit of going to the pub. As the weather warms up, how do they get Joe Public out of