PUBS shall be allowed to keep on promoting take-away pints to assist them increase revenue.
They had been due to lose the proper to so-called “off sales” when lockdown alcohol guidelines expire subsequent month.
But teetotal Rishi Sunak was stated to have personally stepped in to enable them to keep on.
It means pubs and bars is not going to want to full a separate software for the additional licence wanted for off-site gross sales.
A No10 supply stated: “Takeaway pints and al fresco drinks usually are not only a much-enjoyed addition to pub menus but in addition a welcome supply of revenue for companies recovering from the impacts of the pandemic.
“The PM will always back British pubs. He’s listened to the industry and heard them loud and clear — now is not the time to call last orders on takeaway pints and the boost to business that they bring.”
The licensing guidelines had been eased in July 2020 to let pubs promote takeaway pints with out having to get council permission.
It allowed punters to take pleasure in a drink in plastic cups on pavements outdoors the premises.
But the foundations had been due to finish on September 30, with the Home Office saying councils, residents’ teams and drinks’ retailers favoured a return to pre-Covid guidelines.
The hospitality business warned that will imply landlords having to full burdensome functions to retain the proper to worthwhile off gross sales.
Mr Sunak has now stepped in to over-rule the Home Office.
Official paperwork steered between 8,500 and 12,800 premises had been seemingly to keep on promoting takeaway pints.
