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RE: Pub takings 'down as much as 40%' says Mirror

Why do people seem to resort to demeaning perfectly good debate with tiresome personal attacks and snide comments........it's getting rather tedious.

Well said Charles,  I'm beggining to think that this site is losing credibility because of all the sniping at each other.  Kevin, you are a bit over the top in your response, in my opinion, you obviously won't care about it though. I await my slagging off!!!!

This is a discusion, not a fight.  In my experience, anyone that needs to swear or demean people in an discusion is a person losing the debate.

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RE: Pub takings 'down as much as 40%' says Mirror

By the way nobody round here cared about the world cup, we were not in it, so no point in saying that kept our takings up last year.

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RE: Pub takings 'down as much as 40%' says Mirror

We are down about 7% against the 13 weeks preceding the ban. However I don't think this is the true picture as we have been the venue for a number of pool and darts knockouts and finals over the past couple of weeks which have managed to bump up those two weeks to around our pre ban takings.

Pool tables are down 22% Awps 25% and jukebox down 30% bar take down 6%. Like for like on last July is too complicated to attempt to calculate until we get our monthly volumes from the brewery as we undertook a price restructuring in April.

As has already been said the fantastic weather last year helped many of us with gardens (even those of us that don't do food). I concur that the worldcup had little or no impact on trade.  

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RE: Pub takings 'down as much as 40%' says Mirror

We all know that Tony is right.  Is there any chance, Tony, that you could publish your policy so we can all start using it?

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RE: Pub takings 'down as much as 40%' says Mirror

I am pleased to report that funding of ASH Scotland from the public purse is to be investigated by the Scottish Executive. The full details have yet to be revealed, but it seems someone is not pleased with charitable funds being used for political purposes. Lets hope the UK government does a similar thing. Why should tax payers money be used to support a group that has statutory no authority. On the subject of ASH, they have rather shot themselves in the foot. Some of you may know or saw that I appeared on the Richard and Judy show yesterday, which goes out live. During the course of the interview Richard brought up F2C describing us as a pro smoking group. I corrected this and the susequent exchange enabled me to put firmly to bed the lie that bans reduce smoking and conversely that they are good for buiness. How did they shoot themselves in the foot. It seems ASH had heard of my appearance and tried to besmerch what I was saying by contacting the programes lawyers, who through Richards ear piece told him he had to put the question to me. Both Richard and Judy apologised to me afterwards, saying it wasn't them but their lawyers. I pointed out I was more than happy they had asked. So ASH rather than go via the back door why not come through the front and face me on live televions it's a debate that millions of smokers and tolerant non smokers would welcome. Oh but I forgot ASH are cowards hiding in the shadows.

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