Pubs boss Hugh Osmond plans £300m Homebase bid

Pubs boss Hugh Osmond plans £300m Homebase bid as DIY chain sees boom in sales during lockdown Hugh Osmond is one of a number of potential buyers interested in Homebase  A City source said the price tag is between £200million to £300million  Homebase was rescued by Hilco Capital in 2018 for a nominal £1  By … Read more

I will fight in court to get pubs open again, writes Punch Taverns founder HUGH OSMOND 

Back in January the Prime Minister heralded the new Covid vaccines as our ‘way out’ of lockdown.  Since then more than 24million people have been vaccinated but the Government has been busily moving the goalposts and I don’t know a single person who understands why we are doing what we’re doing any more. Indoor ‘non-essential’ … Read more

Ditch the two-metre rule now… or face economic disaster, writes Punch Taverns founder HUGH OSMOND 

When it was announced in March, the Government’s Job Retention Scheme was rightly hailed as an unprecedented and inspired policy to save British business. And yet, as the cost of furloughing more than quarter of the entire workforce passes £20billion, and with still no end in sight, I fear it could end up being the most … Read more

Ditch the two-metre rule now… or face economic disaster, writes Punch Taverns founder HUGH OSMOND 

When it was announced in March, the Government’s Job Retention Scheme was rightly hailed as an unprecedented and inspired policy to save British business. And yet, as the cost of furloughing more than quarter of the entire workforce passes £20billion, and with still no end in sight, I fear it could end up being the most … Read more

Marie Osmond reveals trick for treating gray hairs while in quarantine as The Talk goes on hiatus

Marie Osmond reveals her trick for treating gray hairs while in quarantine as The Talk goes on hiatus during coronavirus pandemic By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 23:26 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 23:26 GMT, 26 March 2020 Marie Osmond is currently on hiatus from her daytime roundtable talk show The Talk, amid the … Read more