The worst snow in 20 years brought chaos to many parts of the UK this week with thousands of pubs caught up in a virtual trade wipe-out.
However, some pubs benefited from extra trade from stranded commuters or people who couldn't get to work.
Up to a foot of snow fell in parts of London and the south-east with blizzard conditions then working their away across the Midlands and through to the north of England.
Central London was at a virtual stand still on Monday morning with buses, rail and many tube services suspended. Shops closed early and many central London streets were virtually deserted as commuters left the city by mid-afternoon.
It is estimated some 6.4 million office staff and workers — about one fifth of the national workforce — failed to make it to work. Brewery dray teams also struggled to maintain scheduled dropoffs.
Some deliveries are now replanned according to forecasts of an improvement. A spokesman for the Bar Group, which operates more than 30 pubs in London and the Home Counties, said: "People have not made it into work and others left early to make sure they got home so pubs all over London will be struggling."
The Food & Fuel group which runs 10 central London pubs said all its venues had remained open on Monday.
"We made the best of things and with many of our regular customers living locally did not fare too badly, but more business-located pubs were less busy," said director Karen Jones.
Surrey licensee Bon Findlay, who runs the Sun at Windlesham, said most commuters from the village had remained at home.
"We found ourselves busier on Monday lunchtime as locals used the day off to go for a drink and a snack," he said.
Host Allan Hayes, of the Buck Hotel, Bangor-on-Dee, north Wales, said Monday was the quietest day for some weeks. "Few people braved the cold and snow. We have had little in the way of trade," he said. "We are just hoping the weather does not affect Friday's Bangor races, which is always a good pay day for us," he added.
Steve Turner, who runs the Mo-Yo Group, said the snow had hit business at all four of his north-west pubs.
"We have only done a small fraction of our normal trade at one Cheshire venue. We hope the bad weather does not carry on for too long."
Many pubco and brewery staff also struggled to get into work with BDMs unable to reach outlying pubs. Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations boss Tony Payne missed getting to his office in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, for the first time in 35 years. "I normally get through, but on Monday I had to work from home because conditions were so bad," he said