From Wakefield to Peckham, pubs with gardens are hiring extra staff and buying more furniture to quench demand

Jackie Fairburn, the licensee of The Hare & Hounds pub in West Ardsley near Wakefield, is more excited about reopening on Monday when lockdown restrictions are eased than when she was handed the keys to the pub five years ago.

“We are all systems go,” Fairburn says. “I just can’t wait to open, it’s been so long. This relaunch is like starting a new business all over again, but actually this is a much bigger deal – it has to work.”

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