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It is a lot cheaper to drink at home now.
Margin on beer for publicans is tiny.
Rates for pubs are prohibitive.
I don't think the smoking ban has had the effect some claim however.
Pubs all over the UK are shutting down daily.
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Ah yes - the typical Londoner view that only London exists.
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Pubs used to be a working class thing, you know.
But going out to the pub for one night costs you more than a pony.
It's getting expensive to keep a pub open, especially in big cities where the real estate prices are going through the roof; and the lager isn't getting any cheaper either.
So pub owners have to raise their prices, which lowers their business; unless they aim for a richer audience.
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Only if you put a Pony on it guvnor.
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Pubs are in decline because drinking is so damn expensive these days, and also because there are not large numbers of manual labour jobs where everyone has a drink down the pub after work. That's been increasingly true for 20 years, I guess. So demand is down, and costs are a long way up (particularly labour – bar staff have to be paid at least minimum wage – and rent). Most British towns are over-supplied with pubs for the modern level of demand so it's inevitable that some will close.
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BobJanova wrote: (particularly labour – bar staff have to be paid at least minimum wage – and rent).
Rent/real estate is a problem around the world in all major cities from London to NYC to Hong Kong to Sydney to Mumbai.
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