All news on the topic: Pubs

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Hospitality firms to face £1bn in costs due to employer NICs for additional 774,000 workers
Industry body says businesses and jobs at risk unless Rachel Reeves’s tax changes delayed or altered.
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Amid a shortage, 400 kegs of Guinness are stolen from a delivery truck in a heist
Diageo, which owns Guinness, was forced to place ’allocation limits’ on the number of kegs UK pubs could receive in the run up to Christmas due to a surge in the stout’s popularity.
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Figures reveal that fifty pubs per month closed during the first half of the year in England and Wales
Number of pubs open fell to 39,096 by end of June and experts say tax rises in 2025 could result in more closures
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England’s pubs gear up to serve 10 million additional pints on Euros final day
Flights to Berlin are fully booked and Tesco thinks it will shift 1m pizzas in massive boost to the economy
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A pub running for election aims to ban all other pubs in town
A London pub is running in this year’s General Election and the owner has warned of some harsh policies on the horizon if he wins.
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Urgent lockdown in Darwen town centre after grenade found near Wetherspoons sparking huge emergency response
A grenade has been found in Darwen town centre, leading to an emergency lockdown and the arrival of a bomb disposal unit.
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80 firefighters have been mobilized to tackle a "severe" blaze at a historic London pub
A historic pub in London’s south-west was severely damaged in a fire on Friday night, London Fire Brigade said.
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Gordon Ramsay’s £13m London pub taken over by squatters
A group of squatters locked themselves inside the hotel and gastropub on Wednesday and have since boarded up the windows
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Revolution Bars could close 18 sites under major overhaul plans
The group, which also owns chains including Peach Pubs and Revolucion de Cuba, said it has been hit by cost-of-living pressures and regular train strikes affecting its younger customer base.
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Fears for thousands of pubs as Slug and Lettuce owner battles major £2billion debt pile
Stonegate Pub Company, which has a network of more than 4,400 UK pubs and bars including Slug & Lettuce, has said there is a risk that its debt cannot be refinanced by its July 2025 deadline
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Horror for punters as large pub sign suddenly crashes to floor next to drinkers
The Loxley Pub on Pelham Street, lost its signage on Wednesday afternoon, with passersby noticing the large sign, which reads The Loxley, had fallen on the street
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Pub-loving dog constantly flees home and walks himself to the local boozer
Cheeky King Charles Spaniel Bertie worried his sitters when he disappeared from the family home - he was found munching on crisps in his favourite hang out spot: the local pub, where he is known by name
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Stunning seaside town branded 'post apocalyptic' now boasts UK's cheapest pints
Blackpool was once the UK's most popular seaside resort, but while locals dub it as a 's***hole' - many are quick to point out it boasts the UK's cheapest pint
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Pub faces closure after 230 years over 45-minute diversion and brutal floods
Landlady Gina Birch has run the historic Lamb and Flag in Welney, Norfolk, for 25 years but now fears the 230-year-old business will have to close due to flooding
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UK's 'best pub to stay at' is gorgeous 350-year-old inn with woodfire
The Gin Trap Inn on the scenic North Norfolk coast in Ringstead near Hunstanton has been named the best pub to stay in in the UK, and sits close to Blue Flag beaches such as West Runton, Cromer and Sheringham
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Jeremy Hunt's 2024 Budget could be 'life or death' for independent pubs - expert
Ahead of Jeremy Hunt's Budget announcement tomorrow, the Mirror spoke to a pub trade expert about the state of the industry and the best-case scenario for landlords
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Desperate appeal as 450-year-old pub's famous bench stolen from front door
The Minerva, Plymouth's oldest pub, is hoping someone will return their beloved bench which went missing on Saturday morning. Landlady Rosa Abel said she is hoping to offer a "token gesture" to anyone who brings their bench back
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UK's wonkiest pub could be rebuilt in huge challenge using 3D scanning tech
Crooked House, near Dudley, West Midlands, must now be "rebuilt back to what it was" after a fire ravaged the pub and it was demolished last year, and the community is delighted
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More and more snub the pub as cost of living crisis deepens - poll results
After struggling publicans warned the much-loved British boozer is at a heightened risk of disappearing - as the cost of living crisis deepens - we asked if customers had reluctantly turned their back on the traditional local
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Do you visit the pub less often due to rising costs? Take our poll
Struggling publicans warn the much-loved British boozer is at risk of disappearing unless the government steps in. But as a spiralling cost-of-living crisis continues to hit us in the pocket, can we still afford to support our struggling pubs?
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'Give publicans a fair playing field to help boozers survive, not a free pass'
Publican and First Dates bartender Merlin Griffiths speaks out on the behalf of thousands of publicans and their communities today, on the future of their establishments
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Locals in posh Home Counties town furious Wetherspoons is opening on high street
Almost a quarter of the population of Marlow in Buckinghamshire are aged over 65 and many of them think a Wetherspoons pub will attract 'the wrong sort of people'
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Builder spared jail after battering man who told barmaid, 17, 'go f*** yourself'
Austen West, 40, punched Stuart Lee after he told a barmaid in Thornton-Cleveleys to "go f*** yourself" when she said she was only 17 in response to Lee asking for her phone number
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Nearly half of Brits dream of opening and running their own pubs
The Royal Oak, Moon Under the Water, and White Hart are the top names Brits would go for if they were to open their own pub.
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Pub landlord's brutally honest call-out for staff branded 'best job advert ever'
Pub landlord Craig Harker went viral after he posted five job listings for three pubs and was brutally honest with his approach - with some saying he sounds like a 'great boss'