Oakman Inns

Dermot King and Peter Borg-Neal tell Neil Gerrard why, despite a gloomy start to the year, they are optimistic about the future of their Catey-winning premium pub business.

Restaurant and pub groups have launched extensions to the chancellor’s Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme to entice diners through their doors.

A huge number of pubs will never reopen with two-metre distancing rules in place, according to Oakman Inns’ chief executive Peter Borg-Neal.

Oakman Inns has developed a blueprint for how pubs could operate within social distancing guidelines by using screens to create snugs, installing hand sanitising stations and operating a one-way system.