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A chronic shortage of affordable rural housing is helping to fuel the closure of hundreds of of country pubs and village shops.
The National Housing Federation (NHF) claims that 650 rural pubs and 400 village shops will be lost over the next 12 months as traditional British village life is plunged into terminal decline by the lack of affordable housing.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) estimates that 54 country pubs could close a month if current trends continue.
The NHF believes that the mass closures reflect a declining demand for services in villages where local families — the core customer base — had been priced out of the area by an influx of wealthy commuters and second home owners.
The "gentrification" of the countryside and chronic shortage of affordable homes have also made it increasingly difficult for pubs and shops to find workers who can afford to live locally and survive on modest wages.
The NHF said that 750,000 people are on the waiting list for an affor
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Ed Davies 22/06/2009 15:50:16 |
High rural house prices fuel pub closures Info, you talk about the city scene, this thread is about rural pubs. I'm sorry that I misunderstood your definition of flourish. I use the dictionary definition of flourish, or 'to thrive'. For me that's more than breaking even. But anyway, I digress. The article highlights the fact that in rural areas, or certainly the two I've lived in the past 10 years, house prices rise to a level where locals can't afford them, and they are bought as holiday homes. In the same way I was stunned how, when at Uni in Nottingham, I stayed one summer rather than go back home. The city emptied - pubs locked up for summer, reduced hours etc. However, this thread is about rural pubs. However, I can see why some people start to play silly at weekends against the FP/Tied people on the thread - your ability to type 'pubco' into any thread on the forum is annoying to say the least. Like I say, I'll be off now and leave you to pat each other on the back for driving another person who voices an opinion that doesn't always agree with FairPint off the forum. I can also see why people have said 'If you want a freehouse buy one' and 'you signed the lease', because your arguements are so deeply of the opinion that the pubcos, who control around 33% of the market, are the reason for 100% of the trade's ills This post replies to info man > High rural house prices fuel pub closures |
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Richard Ley 22/06/2009 16:19:49 |
High rural house prices fuel pub closures I live in the country, about as rural as you can get, and we are surrounded by 2nd homes/incomers and the like. ALL the pubs are food led with high prices and mediocre quality because they can get away with it. Do you consider £3.50/pint for Guiness/Stella to be acceptable - because thats what my local average is. Us locals struggle to live here because of the influx from London. Food & fuel is more expensive in Dorchester because it is seen as an affluent area. Pub prices were high because of the perceived 2nd home/tourist trade - A pubco offering a lease with the suggested turnover being some 10% higher than the highest the pub had ever achieved under a 20 year freeholder. It is a combination of cheap supermarket booze, smoking ban, pubcos, housing, no rural employment & government that is killing the pub trade, and fleecing the customer with it. Annoyed now, going for a pint. This post replies to Ed Davies > High rural house prices fuel pub closures |
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