20 minutes on the phone doing a government survey about staff & training. “Does the lack of adequate staff put additional costs and work onto other staff?” No I just work 7 days a week for the fun of it.

The absolute joke that is Booking.com Booking.com Public Affairs I've been ringing weekly to resolve an issue, new person each time, told it will be escalated and there's no one else i can speak to, and then never hear back. We're losing out on thousands each month.

On the bar today! Beer Board: bit.ly/2Wcccob Ilkley Brewery Beartown Brewery Ampersand Brew Co Round Corner Brewing Cloudwater Brew Co Dudda's Tun Cider Cranes Cider #RealAleFinder

How messed up is it that restaurants buy zero VAT products but must sell them with VAT added. You can’t “just factor VAT into the price” because ideas of “what food costs” are shaped by zero VAT prices. I demand zero VAT on all dishes made from zero VAT products & I demand it now

Hospitality folks, how do you deal with people coming in just to use the loo? I don’t want to wine about teens but I’ve got a couple who don’t even attempt to say hello or ask let alone buy a drink. Occasionally grown folk do similar but they always buy a j2o or something.

Our wonderful apprentice Eli yesterday made this chilled cucumber & avocado soup. Spicy cucumber & chilli salsa, sour cream and crispy garlic oil. Colour is even more vibrant in person 💚

We have our front door pinned open & an A frame out when the pub is open, and locked when we are closed. How can we better communicate to people that we are closed? Every day we have people come into the side door while we’re having staff meetings/line clean/prep work.

Spectacular meal at the The Six Bells tonight. The parfait was 👌🏻👌🏻

So our chef has covid. Three years of avoiding it but now we have no choice but to close our kitchen until she’s better. We’re already short staffed out front so I can’t cover both places at once. No support available because covid is over.

Tickets are now on sale for our Flower Parade 7 course paired meal, a celebration of both the #SpaldingFlowerParade and #WorldCocktailDay BBC Lincolnshire Spalding Voice SpaldingToday Lynn News

Keep thinking about a ‘Gone to soon’ Beer Festival. Breweries that have closed this year. What do you think?

So I’m thinking about a kind of after school thing for adults like a lager club. Like a book club but with beer.

So you’re telling us by putting up one tiny rainbow sticker we can ensure Lawrence Fox *never* visits the brewery shop?

We need to stop Upwards only rent reviews and RPI indexation to allow pubs to find their rental level. Landlords cannot continue to have a heads I win tails you lose agreement.#Pubs #UKpubs “The billionaires have won’: English pubs forced to close” theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Just putting this out there….. Taylor Swift Beer Festival

Big day for Swifties! Double album and a Swiftival. More details to follow... #TTPD #TaylorSwift #THETORTUEDPOETSDEPARTMENT