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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS
over a year ago
west here ford shire |
I think the time of a local pub is almost at the end, most places you go you find pubs closing all the time, yet this could be resdolvef by the government if they chosen to do so, reducing tax on wet sales and increasing taxes on canned alcohol or supermarkets to try and make pub prices more competitive would ease the situation, what do you think?
Or do you have fond memories of your own local that now maybe a Tesco express? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I agree it’s very sad to see so many closing, but I guess I contribute to that.
I’ll only ever go to a pub for meals, or maybe a rare Fab social  , but otherwise I don’t really ever go ‘just for a drink’ .. so unless it’s a gastropub these days, they’re going to suffer!
Maybe you’re right, should the tax system be changed to save this old British tradition, or is it already too late? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There are 4 pubs within walking distance of where i live..all thriving with their own particular clientelle..
There was a pub that was closed down and boarded up but it was refurbished and reopened as a pub, such is the demand |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cannot blame people for seeking cheaper alcohol.
Wages haven't increased with the cost of living so naturally people chose between going out or sitting in front of the TV with cheap drink from Tesco's etc.
I think the pub trade suffered from the ban on smoking in public places.
Of course it's better for people like me who don't smoke but many do and I'm sure this has hit profits
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"Blame Wetherspoons!
Also the fact that most people have huge flat screen tv’s, internet and or Sky costing a fortune each month.
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£5k a year (guess) for the landlord to have sky sports.
5p profit on a pint.
Pubs make money from food.
Restaurants make money from drinks.
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The once very popular drinks only pub is now an Indian Restaurant.
The rest of the pubs in the town are now very good Gastro Pubs one with a cocktail bar.
The drinking pub no longer kept up with the gentrification and died. |
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I live in a small seaside village,
We have 3 large independant pubs, 1 pub/hotel 2 bistros, 7 indie restaurants, Harvester, Miller & Carter, 2 ex servicemen clubs & an ale house all in under a 2 mile radius, with 3 more pubs just outside the village.
All are thriving & busy every day.
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By *good-being-badMan
over a year ago
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There have been massive socio/economic changes in the UK during the last 35 years or so. I used to work for a global brewer ..record year for its sales in the UK ... guess ....
if you guessed 1974 you'd be right. Since then it's been a steady decline.
Far too simplistic to say cheap tins, smoking ban etc.. there have been many other often far more impactful reasons for the pubs decline .
Pubs/ bars will need to adapt to the changes if they don't or haven't yep they'll go by the wayside.. adopt new ideas become relevant to today and more importantly tomorrow.
I remember not long ago the death Nell of the cinema with the introduction in the late 70's early 80's of the video recorder/player.. come forward to today cinema audiences are at an all time high cinemas changed adapted to a new audience . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I live in a town with at least 6 or 7 decent pubs, none of which are cocktail bars/gastro pubs. There are also a couple of micro breweries and a number of the aforementioned cocktail bars and gastro pubs.
If anything, the town's nightlife is thriving far more than it was 10 years ago.
There's a Wetherspoons but it has its own, rather unique, clientele most of the time. |
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The pub chains are killing off smaller pubs very much like supermarkets killing off local businesses
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