Pub chain Wetherspoon’s is reportedly planning to reopen its pubs ‘in or around June’ according to many media reports this afternoon.
Nowhere has this news been confirmed by anyone associated with the pub chain – which has three pubs across Swindon – and should it be true, Government approval would be needed before we could see Sir Dan’s, The Savoy or The Dockle reopen.
Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “ Wetherspoon has no hotline to the government as to when pubs might be permitted to reopen and we doubt if the government itself has yet made a decision on this.
“Like all companies we are trying to make a plan for the future and are guessing that they may be allowed to reopen in late June, around three months after they closed.
“However, that is just an estimate and may prove to be entirely incorrect.
“Wetherspoon, like all pub companies, closed its doors when ordered to do so by the government – and will only reopen when it is permitted to do so.”
Don’t get your hopes up just yet, maybe just keep those fingers crossed!
