Britain now has より小数の than 100,000 pubs for the first time ever
The number of pubs and 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s in Britain has dropped below 100,000 for the first time on 記録,記録的な/記録する as punters are put off by the price of a pint.
More than 44,000 licensed 前提s have の近くにd in the last 20 years, leaving just 99,916 still 貿易(する)ing at the end of September this year.
The 研究 by consultancy CGA/NIQ showed it was the lowest number since 記録,記録的な/記録するs began in 2003, as the pandemic and high costs 加速するd 終結s.
Pubs have been 大打撃を与えるd by rising costs and 所有物/資産/財産 market 圧力s that make buildings 価値(がある) more as 居住の, while drinkers have been put off by rising prices, with a pint costing 74p more this year than last.
For sale:?Drinkers have been put off by rising prices, with a pint costing 74p more this year than last
人物/姿/数字s from the Office for 国家の 統計(学) showed the 普通の/平均(する) pint of lager cost £4.62 in September, up from £3.88 in the same month last year.
Kate Nicholls, of 産業 団体/死体 UK H ospitality, called on (ドイツなどの)首相/(大学の)学長 Jeremy 追跡(する) to 認める 税金 breaks to the pub 産業.?
'It can not only save more 地元の and 国家の 商売/仕事s but enable 投資,' she said.
The largest losses over the last two 10年間s have been drink-led pubs, 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s and nightclubs and 独立した・無所属 操作者s over larger chains.
However, the number of 発生地s 焦点(を合わせる)d on food, such as gastropubs, has 増加するd, 反映するing 転換ing 消費者 behaviour.