FOUR in ten pubs face closure and 320,000 staff the axe unless the Government saves the industry from “total destruction”, ministers have been warned.
Despite initial care packages including grants of up to £25,000, three-quarters of pubs and breweries are still waiting to hear whether they are to receive help. He said pubs with rateable values exceeding £51,000 face a “further nightmare” as they receive no grant. Several breweries have been accused of pushing pubs towards oblivion by demanding rent while they are shut. Among them are Star Pubs & Bars, owned by Heineken.
Tory MP Mike Wood said the companies “risk killing the goose that lays the golden egg” by charging sky-high rents and expecting all the cash even if they are deferring payments.
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Well, pubs shutting has only been going on for years, so what's new!
Saw a casualty on Thursday. Landmark pub in small market town in Shropshire boarded up. It has been open forever and probably now gone forever.
well that's six out of four, positive result