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Stonegate

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/09/uks-biggest-pubs-group-stonegate-struggles-to-refinance-2bn-debt-pile

What's the betting the owners suddenly go bankrupt?



Owners who demolished Crooked House pub after fire ordered to rebuild it

Crooked House scandal highlights government inaction over pubs, says Camra

Well I suppose if you have to wear a £300 outfit to go to the pub a £160 lamp is small change

This article is peak Guardian, nicely subverted BTL with recipes for Turbo Shandies and Purple Nasties.

Turns out it wasn't listed, which is annoying, but it seems the council are working out some way of feeling collars.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66442399

"CMBC also plans to close its logistics operations at Ringwood, relocating deliveries to nearby depots at Tiverton, Farnborough and Cardiff."

Nearby?? Even Farnborough is the thick end of 60...

This beer is made from recycled shower water. Is it the taste of the future?

Recycled? I think Doombar skips that stage of the process.

If they've got 4500 pubs that's around £500k a pub. Looks like a property bubble about to burst if there aren't enough punters spending enough cash to pay the interest.

That went well then


BrewDog boss pays almost £500k to unhappy ‘solid gold’ beer can winners

First time I've marked a pub closed as 'sunk'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/23/miller-carter-steakhouse-sinking-like-the-titanic-at-lakeside-shopping-centre

Greene King strikes go ahead over Christmas & New Year’s Eve

https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/december/greene-king-strikes-go-ahead-over-christmas-new-year-s-eve/

3%? How...

‘Treated like a chump’: Wild Beer Co’s collapse leaves bitter taste for backers

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/17/wild-beer-co-collapse-crowdfunding-backers

It's more to do with the number of pubs it's in than whether anyone likes it or not. If you're in a All Bar Chef and Hungry Horse Beefeater Toby Vintage Harvester Sizzling Ember you're bound to get...

Many pubs and breweries will close without more energy help, report warns

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/05/pubs-breweries-losses-energy-bills-support-report

No. Retailer collects VAT at point of sale, reclaims VAT paid to supplier and pays the balance to the revenue.

'Pub owner tells Tripadvisor reviewer to 'sit on grass with own bag of crisps to save a few pennies'

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/pub-owner-tells-tripadvisor-reviewer-24922312...

There's this lot too:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-boom-battle-bar-axe-22195003

https://boombattlebar.com/uk/

Coventry Muslim athlete slams pub's 'extremely offensive' London Marathon promo blunder

That went well then.

https://twitter.com/TheBedfordPub/status/1576896355640942593


The Bedford

Time for a silly season story..

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/long-face-popular-pub-takes-24823146

Queen & Castle

‘Energy bills have overtaken wages’: 280-year-old pub at risk of closure

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/12/energy-bills-pub-closure-faulkland-inn-bath-costs


The Faulkland Inn

AT LEAST 17 pubs in the York area - all owned by one brewery - are now closed and looking for managers.
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Data was for E&W, would Scotland and NI be the discrepancy?

Number of pubs in England and Wales falls to record low

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/04/number-of-pubs-in-england-and-wales-falls-to-record-low-covid-19-soaring-costs

If I knew...

Inn is out as locals favour Bar and Tap for new pub names

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/03/inn-is-out-as-locals-favour-bar-and-tap-for-new-pub-names