Closure

'I'm flabbergasted at interest rates'

02-Feb-2024 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with Camerons boss Chris Soley to get his take on the week's news, from government debate to interest rates and pub closures.

Review of the Week

'I don't think beer is enough'

12-Jan-2024 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with Beer and Coffee gaffer Matt Crowther to get his take on the week's news from wages to drinks sales, and whether beer is expensive enough.

Review of the Week

'We need to go to war on VAT'

05-Jan-2024 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington met up with Oakman Group's Peter Borg-Neal to get his take on the week's news, from a knighthood for Sir Tim through to closures and Christmas trade.

Review of the Week

'We're cheaper than McDonalds!'

11-Aug-2023 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington caught up with Revolution boss Rob Pitcher to get his take on the week's news from inflation to late night closures and the opportunities for AI.

Three quarters of pubs facing extinction

23-Aug-2022 By Ed Bedington

Nearly three quarters of pubs are unlikely to survive the winter unless action is taken to solve the energy crisis.

Rising prices and Covid difficulties force city brewery to close

03-May-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Manchester-based Beatnikz Republic Brewery has ceased trading, with rising prices being the “last straw” after two years of Covid-related difficulties.

Exclusive

89 pubs ‘vanished’ since May

09-Sep-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 89 pubs have closed for good having either been demolished or converted into other types of buildings in England and Wales since May, figures have revealed.

Coronavirus has cost pubs 2.1bn pints, £8.2bn in trade and forced 2,000 closures

16-Mar-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 2,000 pubs have been lost forever, 2.1bn pints in beer sales and £8.2bn in trade has been wiped out as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, one trade body has estimated.

Licensed venues closing at more than one an hour

01-Mar-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

An average of 30 licensed venues a day have permanently closed since December 2019 – the highest rate on record, new figures have found.

Estimated 2,500 pubs lost in 2020

09-Dec-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

More than 2,000 pubs have been lost this year, over double the number in previous years, it has been estimated.

Over 50,000 licensed venues to stay closed as national lockdown ends

02-Dec-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 50,000 licensed outlets may have to remain closed as national lockdown restrictions end today (Wednesday 2 December) and tiered measures begin.

#UnitedWeStand

Closures and postponements – Greene King to close central London pubs

18-Mar-2020 By Alice Leader

Many operations are being forced to close or scale back business after Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the public not to visit the on-trade despite not declaring sites should go into lockdown.

JDW hotel ‘unsure when it will reopen’ due to severe floods

26-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

A JD Wetherspoon (JDW) hotel has been closed since 18 February after futile efforts to pump out water due to floods rising through the cellar.

Pubs positively linked to economic value of rural areas

26-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

There is a strong positive relationship between an increase in the number of pubs and an increase in house prices, according to research from Northumbria University, Newcastle.

Last orders for Mad Hatter Brewing Company

30-Oct-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Mad Hatter Brewing Company, a popular Liverpool-based operation, has announced it has ceased trading.

Greater London and east Midlands hardest hit by pub closures

07-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Greater London and the east Midlands have been the hardest hit by pub closures in the past six months, according to new research.

Fire closes historic south London pub

25-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A pub in south London has closed until further notice after a fire damaged two floors at the weekend.

Legal analysis

Checking closure powers

03-Jul-2015 By James Anderson & Nick Arron, Poppleston Allen

So far as licensed premises are concerned, the main provisions of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 came into effect on 20 October 2014, but it is only recently that we have seen evidence of these provisions being put into force.

BBPA refutes accusation of 'duping' Govt over pub closure figures

26-Nov-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has moved to correct what it calls “false and misleading” statements about its interpretation of pub closure figures.

Cavendish Bars in pre-pack administration

12-Apr-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Cavendish Bars has undergone a pre-pack administration, which has seen the closure of subsidiary Cavendish Bars Trading.

Trade must fight instant pub closures

08-Jun-2011 By Peter Coulson

Two more glaring examples of police misuse of their closure powers have come to light recently, involving two different parts of the law. In the...

Pub closures slow to 25 a week

16-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore

The rate of pub closures has slowed to 25 a week, but nearly 1,300 outlets still shut for good last year, new figures published today reveal. The...

Pubs closing at rate of 39 per week

19-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

The number of pubs closing per week in Britain has accelerated to a staggering 39 per week. The figures, compiled by CGA Strategy for the British...

Laurel Pub Company closes 60 pubs

17-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ

Laurel Pub Company has today closed 60 of the 65 trading pubs it has on the market.A spokesman for the group, owned by property tycoon Robert...

Screwcap is not the only answer

23-Jun-2005

FIONA SIMS Now, I know many of you are still getting your heads around the screwcap. Its presence in the on-trade is increasing significantly year on...