In it together – a toast to our partnership

Hospitality has been hit hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, affected by lockdowns and government restrictions throughout. When pubs were forced to close their doors, we continued to put our amazing business owners at the forefront and quickly confirmed that we would cancel (and not defer) rent to help in this challenging situation that we found ourselves in. Throughout lockdown we shared ideas and guidance to help too.

In a show of appreciation and to say thank you to the whole Everards Team for our support during the pandemic, business owners from across the Everards estate clubbed together and gifted two beautifully crafted benches that sit outside our new home and state-of-the-art brewery at Everards Meadows along with several trees.

Organisers of the collection Sarah Heath from the Aberdale (Knighton) and Justin Robinson-Bowles from the Queens Head (Little Eaton), along with many other Everards business owners, joined Richard and Julian Everard, as we raised a glass to toast the occasion.

“We wanted to give something back and show our appreciation of all the help and support Everards have provided during such a worrying and challenging time.” Shared Sarah

Richard shared: “We are truly honoured to be gifted two such beautifully crafted benches, that now sit here at in our home for all to see and enjoy.

It has been a unique and challenging situation for us all, something none of us could have seen coming or planned for, but we are like a family, and we are all in this together. We wanted to take an approach that was fair and help business owners be a good place and ready to start trading again as soon as they could. We are proud to work with so many amazing business owners.”