The Duke Ipswich

Newly re-opened Free House on Woodbridge Road, serving 9 real ales and 10 lagers, ciders & IPAs on tap.

[Alex Reilley @AlexReilley1]

Complete & utter disregard & disrespect for hospitality in a single photo. Whilst a battered & scapegoated sector struggles on with staff forced to wear face masks & customers only allowed to be served outside the PM swans into a pub & shows rules simply don’t apply to him.

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@StephenFoz @AdyJohnsonUK Sorry @StephenFoz - wires crossed for this coming Sunday. It’s actually @PhilActionJack from 1.00 this weekend. (Sorry @AdyJohnsonUK - will be in touch!)

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@UKHospKate March 2020 - we had two pubs free of tie and were debt free. March 2021 - we’ve still got (just) two free of tie sites, but are now £108,000 in debt, all at the Government’s request, as we have had to service our rent obligations and pay our bills & staff.

[Kate Nicholls OBE @UKHospKate]

If pubs, bars and restaurants are not able to open until May then they will have actually been closed for 7 months. With 1 in 5 running out of cash by March even with Govt support that is simply unsustainable https://t.co/ib38BHdc1F via @MailOnline

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@UKHospKate We are also closed. Can’t get the numbers to work if we open, so have chosen to lose the smaller amount by staying closed. Haemorrhaging about £450 per week (after grants) on fixed costs and rents. Just wish Ipswich Council could sort the December grants & let us claim...

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@UKHospKate This is nuts. I operate two wet leds pubs in Suffolk...

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@UKHospKate & @tomhunt1988 - What’s the plan for Ipswich? Currently low tier risk, but with Essex entering higher restrictions, what plans are there for Ipswich pubs now facing increased risk, with customers getting a short train journey & drinking here instead?

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@UKHospKate My thoughts are with our fellow pubs in Essex. Seems mad that customers can have a short 15minute train trip up the line and drink with no restrictions in Suffolk...

[Kate Nicholls OBE @UKHospKate]

This is a frank admission of trade offs - and also an acknowledgement of what has been tacit all along that hospitality is being asked to be part of that trade off - so we need govt support across all tiers to minimise that economic harm and it was not forthcoming

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@UKHospKate Mirrors our situation, both here and @AngelWoodbridge when we couldn’t get most team members onto furlough, so paid them at 80% of their average wages for the duration of lockdown as it was “the right thing” to do - cost us, but we considered it “investing in our team”

[Helen-Ann Smith @HelenAnnSmith0]

Oxford Circus last night at 10.10pm.

I had dinner with 2 friends in a socially distanced restaurant- everyone was obeying the rules. Without 10pm curfew we would have ordered desert & more drinks.

You can see why many in hospitality say the curfew isn’t fair and isn’t working

[Stephen Foster @StephenFoz]

Get it while you can folks. The always excellent @PhilActionJack gigging this afternoon outside at the @DukeIpswich. Nice added bonus - @miserygutzmusic is on percussion. #Ipswich #gigs

[Stephen Foster @StephenFoz]

Slowly but surely the #Ipswich gig scene is reawakening. Tonight and tomorrow #punk legend @TVSmithMusic is at @SteamboatTavern while tomorrow afternoon @Lockerbillies play @GreshamsIpswich and #RichYoung is at @DukeIpswich. #StaySafeStayHealthy

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@ArlenJames_ @ipswichstar24 @ipswaterfront No problem. Of course

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

Hope this is nothing serious? #fire #ipswich #waterfront @ipswichstar24 @ipswaterfront

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@suffolk_today @ipswichstar24 @ipswaterfront Of course. No problem

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

@HattieBrewis @ipswichstar24 @ipswaterfront Of course.

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

Delighted you enjoyed your visit @StephenFoz Thank you for the mention. Hope you are both well?

[Stephen Foster @StephenFoz]

Quite a day. A haircut at @JOliversSuffolk and then my first visit to the pub - @DukeIpswich - for three and a half months. Both businesses clearly putting customers’ safety first. I wish them both a hassle-free and profitable future in this new world. Cheers!

[VirtualAstro @VirtualAstro]

TONIGHT!

Watch #Starlink launch live at 20:30. See it fly over UK and possibly deploy 15 minutes later.

More Info and watch LIVE here: https://t.co/dEtdYvBQjw

#Starlink 5 will pass over the UK at 9:36pm. Meteor Spotting after

YOU ONLY NEED YOUR EYES
#EarthDay

(Please RT)

[The Duke Ipswich @DukeIpswich]

Don’t forget our daily takeaway service. 4.30 - 6.00pm. Come to the back door and buy some beer & cider.

Duke IPA, Duke Best & Duke Mild - fresh stock tapped, £2 per pint whilst stocks last!
#Beer #camra #ipswich #pub #takeawayonly #getthroughthistogether