Grab a free pint at these Derby pubs - but there’s a specific time so set your alarm
Heineken is offering a free pint at Derby pubs after work. Here's how to claim your voucher and enjoy a drink with colleagues.
After work drinks used to be a trend relished by city workers ‘back in the day’.
Now popular beer brand Heineken is working hard to make the ‘post-work catch up over drinks’ cool again.
Heineken has launched a drive offering thirsty punters a free pint of Heineken or Heineken 0.0 to share with colleagues.
Heineken says it has long championed making connections with people face to face, and now, with 46% of hybrid workers saying they miss out on post-work patter, the beer brand is offering a free pint of Heineken Original or Heineken 0.0 for workers and their colleagues for a limited time.
The offer will run in over 1,000 pubs in England including five Derby pubs.
They are The Iron Ram, Oaklands, Derby, Bank, Spondon, Bull and Bush, Mackworth Estate, and Vine Inn, Mickleover.
The free pint offer runs from 4:59pm each weekday, from Monday to Friday. Weekends are excluded.
You have until midnight on October 31 to claim your free pint.
Some 22 million people across the UK enjoy after work socialising with their colleagues, but that figure has seen a slight reduction from pre-pandemic figures (down 5%).
Since then, new working practices mean some 58% of Gen Z hybrid workers have never met some of those they work with - and that’s despite 72% of them agreeing the best place to build a relationship with your co-workers is outside of work.
How to claim your free pint of beer
Sign up here to receive a voucher, which can be shared with up to three friends (one pint per person), Monday to Friday throughout October from 4:59pm. In Scotland and Wales, scan the QR code in-pub or head online after 4:59pm for the chance to win limited-edition Heineken merchandise.
The after-work ‘social’ is deemed to be a sacred British tradition, fostering connections and fuelling productivity. Heineken says, some 78% of workers polled considered after work socialising to be a good way to meet new people and contacts.
A further 32% said they have their most honest conversations at the pub, while 74% of Gen Z claimed they have their best work ideas not at work, but at the pub social straight afterwards.
The beer giant also referenced a new report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, that showed every £10 spent on after-work socialising brings an additional £13.40 to the wider economy.
Nabil Nasser, Global Head of Heineken, said: "The return-to-office chat continues to stir up debate.
“After years of video calls and virtual cheers it’s safe to say that while we might not miss the office, we’ve certainly missed those real, in-person laughs with our colleagues.
“At Heineken, we’ve always believed the best moments happen when people get together, so this month we’re raising our pints to ‘circling back’ to our colleagues – at the pub."