I miss the pub. I miss everything about it. I actually miss the queue for the bar – that friendly jostle, the meeting of a new person.

Far from lying down in the face of the inevitable challenges that lockdown has brought, many of our venues have come up with innovative ways to keep their heads above water.

The BarCode App was established to support independent pubs, bars, restaurants and breweries in what was already a tough market.

The idea for The BarCode came about in 2017, whilst living in London and lamenting the number of pubs shutting down.