Cost of living: Running a pub ‘is worse now than it was during Covid’

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Pubs up and down the UK are battling to survive the cost of living crisis.
While their numbers have been in decline for decades, rising costs and the after effects of the pandemic have put more pressure on them than ever before.
A UK Hospitality survey has found businesses expect an 82% rise in their energy bills when government support reduces in April 2023.
This could have a direct impact on whether some pubs can afford to keep their lights on and their doors open.
From enforced closure to constant reinvention, this is what publicans told us about how they are coping.
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@michalvalko248 Год назад

Having a place to live is becoming luxury, going to pub is becoming luxury, going to concert is becoming luxury, buying food is becoming luxury. What a time to be alive!

@MrFrog_ Год назад

😩

@SimonWallwork Год назад

paying your leccy is becoming a luxury- gassing the car up is bec.....

@cb8608 Год назад

Called neofeudalism

@lineage13 Год назад

Place to live, drink, concert and food is still super cheap in Thailand 😊

@invisiblehandofadamsmith Год назад

That is what they voted for

@acelilumelody4445 Год назад

At the end of the day me and my mates can go out and soend £200 between us on a few pints and and poor quality food or we can buy a box of beers each for £20 and spend the rest on a good bbq and dont have to put up with strangers. I think lockdown has taught a lot of people that we dont need to go to pubs or clubs to have a good time with friends.

@brianferguson7840 Год назад

When I was a young man going to the pub with your mates was never a "luxury". It was a part of social life, it's expense was not a consideration.

@wasteoftime2187 Год назад

It’s £5 a pint at green kings no wonder nobody goes

@jhutfre4855 Год назад

@@wasteoftime2187 😆😆

@campcop9214 Год назад

Mad isn't it, a days wage to get tipsy 😅

@johnsmith-rs2vk Год назад

@@wasteoftime2187 Abbot Ale ?

@joelogjam9163 Год назад

Good excuse to escape the matrix and stop drinking.😮

@MetalMonster313 Год назад

Went to a pub a few months back, my first time in one since Covid started and I couldn't believe how much the prices had gone up since 2019. It used to be £2.50 for some pints and now it's £5 a pint or more. It's just not worth it anymore to me to be honest. It's cheaper to drink at home and invite some mates round

@richardbrown9344 Год назад

They want to destroy the pubs as they dont want the public discussing what these criminals are up to...

@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 Год назад

@@richardbrown9344 I said that back in the late 90's and everyone said I was off me rocker!

@acelilumelody4445 Год назад

@@richardbrown9344 who discusses politics at the pub? What an absolute waste of time 😂

@badda_boom8017 Год назад

Do it then.

@CimonSowel1 Год назад

@@acelilumelody4445 usually tits n bits being discussed the politics are kept for the 3am kitchen gatherings.

@daliaa5294 Год назад

Was in a pub yesterday in Manchester and no one was buying food . At most one drink just to watch the match. They had bartenders basically going around asking people to buy drinks . This is awful

@collinsd70 Год назад

The government are seriously messing this country up. Poor self employed businesses.

@allangreenley9901 Год назад

Food in pubs is hiked up out of all reason.. Average Joe bloggs wont buy it now

@allangreenley9901 Год назад

I had a 4 course pub meal in Thailand at the old Queen vic traditional cooked as well as any carvery better than Toby carvery 4 course 400 Bhatt. Unbelievable. Just out pricing themselves in UK biggest excuse they have ever had to price hike out of just greed

@evgeniam685 Год назад

The reason is people depend on money. Money was created for control. Make people either greedy or dependent. Therefore people aren't free as long as they depend on smth. Free has two meanings but it's so connected. With one can't be another

@rodmarker2071 Год назад

Don't worry the Brexit Unicorns are now ready to go - we can sell beer to the Pacific now

@paulgates4083 Год назад

when my local charged me £14 for a pint and a glass of wine by a stroppy faced teenager back in 2019 that was my last ever visit.

@NazriB 6 месяцев назад

Lies again? Pay Bills Play Books

@darrenshore5853 Год назад

I dj private functions in pubs for over 20 years. Since the Covid lockdowns and people drinking at home with friends and family, people have seen its cheaper, safer, less hassel, more comfort, no issues getting home, stream sports for free etc so people have been less interested in coming back to pubs, the amout of home parties i now do has nearly trebled. Then to make it worse the cost of living means the people who still went to pubs cannot afford it and not bothered wasting money as pubs are dead now

@Mt3Dpdrtk Год назад

People who Dj in pubs don’t Dj they just play records and there’s a juke box for that

@ThomasDoubting5 Год назад

@@Mt3Dpdrtk I disagree

@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 Год назад

@@Mt3Dpdrtk What is the difference? DJ's in clubs are just playing someone else's music off a record whilst wearing a set of oversized headphones to make themselves look busy.

@KekszNET Год назад

Its like home office work given jobs, drink and party at home (like home pubs), nice!

@ThundersMcCoy Год назад

I prefer having private events too. Before I started doing it in April of 2020 I always preferred a club but (for the most part) had to play by their and the government's rules. Having private events we draw more people, and even though we have a bigger overhead we make more money and charge infinitely less.

@ticketscratchernyc Год назад

37,000 Pubs sounds like an over saturated industry to me............

@glengamble526 Год назад

Yep. In Canada, too. I’m a Canadian career musician and have made my living playing for over 35 years. And that’s essentially over and done. Pubs and clubs are struggling and therefore not hiring acts as they used to…or else they are hiring single acoustic acts (or duos) as they are cheaper. And me being a drummer…it’s hard to find steady work. Covid closures also caused many venues to permanently close their doors.

@bobwoods1302 Год назад

Was a musician ever a stable job?

@jameschamberlain5817 Год назад

I am sad to say that I cannot afford to go to the pub anymore.. It's not just the pub either though, and I'm certain there are millions of people in the same position. 😢

@elipa3 Год назад

But didnt your gouvernment promise to support businesses? Oh. I forgot. They are supporting the big energy companies.... That must do. And the members of the gouvernment will be rewarded with highpaid jobs afterwards.

@foreveremoatheart Год назад

Same here man i havent been to the pub in ages and i used to be a regular to a poticular pub. Its mental man, i just cant afford it

@NeilCWCampbell Год назад

Perhaps if people stopped voting to destroy our country

@jaimeleonguzman4328 Год назад

@@foreveremoatheart same boat bro. And it aint worth it. Id rather buy 4 bottles of estrella for eg for £5.50 (less than a fuckin pint) and invite a mate. Or go to the park and drink and chill

@NazriB Год назад

Lies again? Play Beautiful Peanut Butter

@varadharajannadarajah Год назад

I saw at least three small businesses shutting their doors here locally, unable to recover from the loss during COVID lockdown. It’s really sad. And the people who were running them were always very kind & pleasant. “The good ones always suffer and Life is not fair”

@MrAvant123 Год назад

Actually I think its the bad ones that suffer. Pub owners that know how to do things right are more likely to survive, but at the moment they are killing themselves with profiteering....

@movingon8819 Год назад

Life will always be unfair while the five richest criminal families are running this world.

@easymoneeey Год назад

@@MrAvant123 give it a rest smoothbrain

@MrNorthWales Год назад

Got nothing to do with covid - and everything to do with going to war with the biggest energy supplier on the planet

@zzizahacallar Год назад

True

@graememackay1152 Год назад

The pub I used to drink in now wants £6 a pint and 20% service charge for bringing it to your table (usually a walk of 5-10 yards).

@Adelchi86 Год назад

I was just looking for a comment with the actual prices. Thanks, mate

@nmc1859 Год назад

This was BIG BUSINESSES' intent all along. They don't care about us, our local businesses or our ability to have healthy social interactions and a network of support through community, family and friends. Time to take our power back and hold on!

@SirSoppyBalls Год назад

100%

@eighteenfiftynine Год назад

Take the power back how?! Labour are just the same. This country is dying on its arse.

@johnallan3590 Год назад

Perhaps start by ditching the binary mindset of conservative vs Labour - 2 cheeks of the same arse for sure…it is now the people vs the system. If only we could unite instead of bashing each other. It’s revolution or bust imho..

@happydillpickle Год назад

@@eighteenfiftynine Well when Tony Blair got in, they made it very clear that this was "New Labour", not Labour. The Labour party became "Socialist Labour", but it was that Labour party who created the NHS and the Welfare system, ran publicly owned utilities- railways, gas, coal, electric, telephone... The difference between the Tories and New Labour are like jumping from the same old frying pan into the same old fire. And nobody listens when I explain this to them: Labour are not Labour any more!

@eighteenfiftynine Год назад

@@johnallan3590 how many revolutions haven't ended up in a worse situation? Reform is a lot more sensible in most circumstances.

@ricado372 Год назад

This is what happens when the government prints £700 billion , that's £14000 /adult and gives it to the richest in society, hyper inflation and a cost of living crisis.

@RealHomeRecording Год назад

And that's what happens when the people do not put a stop to this insanity! When the people fear the government there is tyranny. When the government fear the people there is liberty.

@1995krampe Год назад

We have so many pubs in Germany and everyone buys food Seeing this from the land where pubs come from is just sad

@mirabella2154 Год назад

Bullshit. Stop lying.

@masterkraft4746 Год назад

the UK is broke because they left the EU

@cuuurlyfries5246 Год назад

I work as a bartender and can say now that covid has really hit hard. It’s only when matches are on we are lucky to sell 2 pints to people. And I don’t have any time to go to the pub nor any friends or family members either. We are all just too busy trying to keep our home from being torn from us, so no time to have fun anymore.

@teemoammo Год назад

lol yall are so poor. arent pints like 5 bucks, even if its 10 its not problem for me

@goodbro7846 Год назад

All by design. Turning the western world into a 3rd world. Getting rid of old.instutuions...

@TheBeebg Год назад

UK is in a DIRE state, can’t get anything done, people can’t afford the basics let alone a afternoon or evening in the pub. Shame!

@martynblackburn9632 Год назад

Live within your means.

@leonajames5517 Год назад

@@martynblackburn9632 People were...

@eighteenfiftynine Год назад

@@martynblackburn9632 tell that to the banks and the politicians.

@chrisd5964 Год назад

I came back to the UK three years ago, couldn’t believe the broken roads - potholes everywhere but they improved as I got to wealthier areas. Now, I realise that nothing works in the the UK anymore, all public services have been broken in the last ten years. I’ve travelled and lived all over the world, the UK seems like a broken developing nation at best. I expect we’ll be kicked out the G7 soon and we are almost bottom of the G20.

@greatest7391 Год назад

All part of the plan

@wiiliamscanlon9150 Год назад

The sad thing is.. for some lonely people, going to the pub for a few drinks Friday and Saturday was a place to chat to a few people. They might not have friends per say. So now they have no drinking buddies anymore.

@cosmancho2959 Год назад

Much sad wow.

@sabin97 Год назад

dont mind me...i'm just playing the worlds tiniest violin.......

@errrzarrr Год назад

True

@barrontrump3943 Год назад

Reminds me of a mate of mine that usually invites me to the pub and I cannot join him due to prices and not wanting to pack on more calories

@14mattomatto Год назад

@@barrontrump3943 Trust me take him up on the offer or better yet invite him. Time goes quickly enjoy a pint together.

@melluques8475 Год назад

And the greed of government on rising the taxes, the petrol price, gas, electricity, food, Counsil tax, cut on jobs…😔🕊🙏🏻

@richardbrown9344 Год назад

Dont pay any more taxes then.

@ApriliaRacer14 Год назад

@@richardbrown9344 Shrink government is a better alternative.

@greatest7391 Год назад

How else can they fund their lifestyle?

@roycampbell5605 Год назад

I used to go to the pub every day but no more I won't pay the ridiculous prices for a pint of beer I would rather stay at home than be ripped off

@shsh-he5qg Год назад

Everyday at the pub ? Bloody hell! Maybe a good thing then. But don’t start sitting at home and drinking alone !

@alecbuxton5515 Год назад

The real reason why buissness is bad for small retailers and pubs is because people are spending all their spare cash on food and energy in my case what I spent on energy has tripled

@XXXXX8 Год назад

@jf2176 Maybe try reading a book and figuring it out.

@maywalker997 Год назад

Went on a pub adventure in London yesterday, had 1 drink each at each premise and went to 5 different pubs. We both had a really lovely day but agreed at the end that there was no way we could repeat it anytime soon due to the sheer cost of buying a handful of drinks each. It's not just the sheer cost of drinks these days either, after the cost of living crisis there's almost no money left in the bank one way or the other.

@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 Год назад

Plenty of money for the boatmen being put up in the hundreds of 4/5 star hotels.

@NeilCWCampbell Год назад

@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 yes we sadly obliged to spend that money. What we should have done is not left the EU and Dublin protocol 😔

@hughhanifin6521 Год назад

Wages are not keeping up with inflation

@stephenhunt1087 Год назад

If they did we could afford more drinks, I paid £4.50 for a pint!!!!!

@jamesb6080 Год назад

@@wocky7940 and the illegal gimmigrant welfare payments too.

@call2872 Год назад

This is true worldwide.

@josephhenry9924 Год назад

That;s the point Hugh, According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies in 2008 the average annual wage in England was on a par with Germany, Now it's £5,000 a year less.

@comealongcomealong4480 Год назад

@Hugh Hanifin I believe it is well understood that delivering millions of mostly unskilled migrants into a developed Western economy, in just a few decades, will stagnate or lower wages in that economy. When more and more workers compete for less and less jobs, those workers lose their industrial power to bargain for improved wages and conditions. In a Capitalist Economy, this is seen as a good outcome. Profits increase, and may continue to rise, while labour costs are contained or reduced.

@domm9616 Год назад

26 years old, me and my mates have never been able to afford to go to the pub often

@GloryOfBarbelo Год назад

31 and its the same. pubs are a British tradition so its kinda sad. but most working class people have been priced out. pubs are for trendy wealthy types these days.

@MrFrog_ Год назад

Stop buying crap from Amazon then.

@domm9616 Год назад

@@MrFrog_ wish I could buy stuff other then food.

@janeantar8950 Год назад

I went to a local pub 2 weeks ago and they closed early because there were no other customers

@josiekaposie5783 Год назад

There used to be three pubs within walking distance of my home , all closed down , the police are happy .

@allangreenley9901 Год назад

Biggest problem with pubs is business council rates taking big amounts monthly

@Victor-fn4np Год назад

And VAT And corporation tax...

@zigowl1193 Год назад

And people being too poor to heat and eat, so nothing for a pint.

@jamesb6080 Год назад

yeah to fund all the illegal gimmigrants.

@SK-kh2rs Год назад

Biggest problem is nobody wants to go to shabby pubs. Thing of the past. Move on.

@allangreenley9901 Год назад

@@SK-kh2rs so u want all modern up market pubs and pay Ten pound pint for the posh environment.. Dont think true drinkers would pay that plus maybe more..

@Nysvarth Год назад

Who could have imagined that raising prices during the cost of living crisis would result in LESS customers? What a SHOCKING revelation to absolutely no-one.

@charliechristmas5147 Год назад

Fewer

@Nysvarth Год назад

@@charliechristmas5147 It's not considered correct grammar to use a sentence fragment with no punctuation.

@sabin97 Год назад

@@Nysvarth he's still right. it's fewer customers, not less customers. is english your third language?

@Clickens Год назад

@@sabin97 it might be his/her third language but that would make him/her much smarter than the average Brit tho

@sabin97 Год назад

@@Clickens that's an extremely low bar. the overwhelming majority of humanity is smarter than the anglos.....not just the brits, but all the anglos.

@davidryan5482 Год назад

Went to the pub 2 weeks back had a burger and a beer $41. It’s become a treat, no longer a weekly thing. 🇦🇺

@ivantsang2156 Год назад

A burger and a beer for 41 $ wtf ? Why not buy a burger from a fast food shop and a can beer from the shops ?

@davidryan5482 Год назад

@@ivantsang2156 So a fast food burger would be around $18-$25 depending on the venue and a single can of beer about $6-8 dollars. Not really saving much. Welcome to Sydney 🇦🇺

@ivantsang2156 Год назад

@@davidryan5482 that the cost of a normal burger ? What about Burger King ?

@davidryan5482 Год назад

@@ivantsang2156 Never been there but a Mc crap cheeseburger is $4. The cost of living has risen sharply here in the past 2 years. My weekly grocery bill was about $120-$140 now closer to $180. My neighbour pays $1100 weekly to rent a 2 bed apartment. OUCH.

@janeblogs324 Год назад

@@ivantsang2156 in aud, $11max for a Burger from the fishnchip shop, can of coopers $5, 750mm long neck $7. In Adelaide Ausfalia. Sydney is ret@rded. The ABC was blaming the 700000 new immigrants each year. Were not building 700000 new homes each year so the demand is skyrocketing which is inflating rent year on year

@chuckster007a Год назад

Went to a local pub and it was 5.60 quid for a pint of larger where as Weatherspoons its 3quid. dont even know how weatherspoons can offer booze as such low prices.

@Symon_Musician Год назад

A wise man said: "It's a great pleasure to read books on history, but it's a real horror to live on the pages of these books". In Belarus we face the same situation, but the reason is different. Lots of pubs, bars and restaurants were closed because of political instability, sanctions, war and people migration, but it's shame for me to compare costs of living in the UK and in my country. Best wishes and peace to all!

@ChadBrahh Год назад

What is the best time to visit Belarus?

@Symon_Musician Год назад

@@ChadBrahh Late April - early October, but it depends on the weather. For example, right now it's early spring, leaves have just appeared and fields and forests are getting green.

@markfiges999 Год назад

When ''ordinary'' ales are £4 to £5 a pint is it any wonder?

@notsosecretsnacker5218 Год назад

Having an ale used to be a cheap option but a £5 is unreal. Can't imagine how expensive it is in London

@Roblstar Год назад

The government only cares about big business. The fact that people can not afford to go to the pub. Leads to loneliness, lack of social connections, & is in general bad for the mental health of the nation as a whole because of this... Those in power see nothing of this, because they are not involved...

@thebritishviking Год назад

The people that put so much pressure on socialising and being able to socialise are typically the same people that bullied introverted people in to becoming more introverted. So I say bud; buck up. Get over it. During the pandemic people cared more about a pint than killing their gran with COVID.

@oldskoolmusicnostalgia Год назад

How do people develop social connections in countries that don't have a culture of drinking in pubs? Like Italy and Spain. Yet people there enjoy better relationships than the British, maybe that ought to be the actual concern.

@trentbateman Год назад

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia they drink in Spain at all the tapas places. It’s just wine not beer.

@agr2190 Год назад

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia people go to the bar a lot here on Spain trust me

@backfirematty3526 Год назад

Cheaper to drink at home - My locals are empty by 8pm on a Friday/Saturday night as no one stays beyond 2 pints & at £5 a pop is it any wonder?

@senoritaaurora5123 Год назад

Stay strong everyone. As far as I'm concerned this is what they wanted all along.

@benjamintaylor3934 Год назад

Absolutely! Smoking ban, ridiculous taxes on pubs vs supermarkets for the same beer, lockdown, having to provide photo ID which is scanned and stored (in London pubs), and now this!

@ApriliaRacer14 Год назад

By design for sure.

@skabbymuff111 Год назад

@@ApriliaRacer14 Absolutely.

@chrisd5964 Год назад

@@benjamintaylor3934Yeah bring back cancer, it’s great!!!!!!!

@greatest7391 Год назад

Social Engineering

@jiminlovesux Год назад

not only in the uk... everywhere. small businesses stay strong

@sullen2420 Год назад

It's way cheaper to buy alcohol at the grocery store.

@elipa3 Год назад

My electricity bill will go down here in Germany, yet I dont know how much. But I already received a letter this week from my municipal suppliers. I dont pay for shareholders and CEOs. Our suppliers are not all privatised . Maybe that makes a difference?

@maneshipocrates2264 Год назад

British voters do not understand this. They always voted for the Tories. Now, they are enjoying the Tories version of making Britain great again.

@scooby1647 Год назад

Everyone's bills have gone up, and tesco doesn't charge £5 a pint

@jrlx86 Год назад

I paid £16 for 2 pints of peroni and 1 pint of IPA. Then went to a club where it was £5 for a pint of Aspall cider. Far too expensive.

@benmolarbs Год назад

Could easily be more than that in places! Peroni is pretty much £7 alone even here in the north west

@A.US.ter1 13 дней назад

Yep, Peroni is about £7 a pint, so £16 for that round is about acceptable. I’d expect it to be £20-21

@philiphawkins4684 Год назад

Far too expensive to drink in pubs. Can drink at home for a 1/4 of the price of a pint.

@williamrussell174 Год назад

End of an era. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.

@stancooper5436 Год назад

The price of a beer is outrageous. The local Whetherspoons and British Legion are still doing well since the prices are reasonable.

@MultiBikerboy1 Год назад

Exactly Stan.

@A.US.ter1 13 дней назад

Yep, about the only places. Can get a good pint for about £4.20 at Spoons.

@zakneutron Год назад

Went out into a 'student orientated' city at the weekend. Hundreds of drunk students pre-loaded on cheap supermarket alcohol. Litter and vomit strewn trains. Most inner city pubs are half empty by 8:30 and the students drink and throwing up in bars at this time. It's a sad perfect storm for owners and people who just want good company, tasty beers/ciders and a community feel. Not sure the tax break is enough for pub landlords.

@jedics1 Год назад

When I was twenty something I went to the pub to socialise on the weekends, the twenty somethings of today go to each others house's. Its emptying out city centres where only the rich will occupy which sounds pretty empty to me, rather fitting because they are the ones that created the problem along with those trying to become rich like politicians. Greedy fools have soaked up all the wealth and made it to expensive for the rest of us to just exist. The isolation effect it will have on society will be profound.

@TheBarnster1008 Год назад

£33 a round (4 people) is why I’ve decided to give up on the pub

@fartywood3917 Год назад

what? 8 quid a pint???? damnnnnnn!!!

@ArthurDayne69 Год назад

Cheap.

@goldgeologist5320 Год назад

I find this so sad to hear. I have to say as an American I have always enjoyed going to a British pub. I am not much of a drinker, but I loved going to them, having a pint and socializing. It is my most cherished memories of visiting the U.K. In my life. I dream of doing it again before I pass this world. Please do not let it die.

@ginjaedgy49 Год назад

most young people rather drink at home. although studies are saying lots of the new generation aren't drinking at all (cant blame them) Im nearing 30 and i cant be arsed going to a pub, it's noisy, expensive and the staff are miserable

@ThomasDoubting5 Год назад

Plus the added risk of being killed

@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 Год назад

@@ThomasDoubting5 Killed?

@espmodder6534 Год назад

@@ThomasDoubting5 Crime has gone down in almost all avenues in the UK. So fear of being killed can't be part of it.

@themissinfowar6629 Год назад

“Crime has gone down in almost all avenues in the UK”

@camrenwick Год назад

I'll be 65 this year. I've managed to keep a roof over my head until now. Might be spending my final years homeless. Oh well, I tried and have good memories

@starofdavid9919 Год назад

At least they cant take those away, I think.

@VictoriaReadsReddit Год назад

There are lots of other people your age in similar predicament. Try reaching out to others to see if a roommate situation in whose ever house is cheapest to heat in winter.

@spookyt8692 Год назад

I don’t go to the pubs cuz it’s not my scene, but I recognise a dead canary down the mine when I see one.

@jimikazak Год назад

The government has out priced beer, ruined British social life. People can't afford these prices

@ScottyDog345 Год назад

That's all part of the agenda

@corneliusantonius3108 Год назад

Tim Martin

@K1lostream Год назад

It's also the big multinationals crushing locally-owned places. When a local business makes profit, the profits are spent in the local economy, when multinationals make profit, it is funnelled off to the Cayman islands and out of the local pool of wealth.

@samanthahardy9903 Год назад

@@K1lostream Some types of people are glad that the pubs are closing because they don't drink alcohol for religious reasons.

@Mt3Dpdrtk Год назад

It all about drinking coffee nowadays ay.

@ectoplasmicentity Год назад

I feel for the owners struggling. My heart goes out to them. As an American I wasn't a bar guy but a Café guy. I stopped going to cafés all the time 15 years ago because it costs too much. I bought a grinder, espresso machine and learned on my own. Invite family and friends over, so much more cheaper. I think the English people have caught on to this trend of home gatherings.

@johnboy6594 Год назад

I make my own coffee and invite my RU-vid friends over to my laptop. I even bypass the family and friends. How life has changed.

@ectoplasmicentity Год назад

@@johnboy6594 interesting. . .very interesting

@henryjohnson-ville3834 Год назад

Yeah, I never understood cafes. I make instant coffee at home with a cozy setup with my computer. Why go out do your way to do your homework/work elsewhere while spending money on coffee and gas.

@user-ec5kc6fj9i Год назад

Strange sky didn’t mention the exorbitant amount they charge pubs to show sky. They were were the first nail, of many since, in the coffin of a great British Institution.

@stephenpaul4258 Год назад

Sky sport not news

@Mt3Dpdrtk Год назад

Haha Good observation

@Mt3Dpdrtk Год назад

We got the same name

@oldskoolmusicnostalgia Год назад

@@stephenpaul4258 Of course, Sky News is worthless, should never be a charge for showing that garbage. Sports is their only content of any value.

@brianlevor6295 Год назад

Similar here in the US. Prices have gone crazy so the bars have to charge more and people can't afford to go there. In many areas the only "bars" left are the corporate chain restaurants; the small business owners can not survive. Very sad.

@gabrielmoody1708 Год назад

And who wants to meet at an Applebee's or Chipotle for drinks?

@arifabd Год назад

Stop drinking. Save money.

@madanto2394 Год назад

This cost of living crisis makes the 2008 financial crisis look like a crukit stamp. People wouldn't have dared go on strike for job security now they strike for salary security

@AJM-timecop Год назад

Have a friend who was in the UK last month. Hit a ton of pubs. Kept noticing how cold they all were. Sounds like a lot of landlords/landladies are turning the heating off to save money.

@SAli-td8kl Год назад

I bet coffee shops are doing well. Its more to do with change of lifestyle than just cost of living crisis.

@manuelpalmeira7278 Год назад

Exactly what I was thinking.

@yodservant Год назад

It's a damn shame, pubs are the local lifeblood of the community, a place for friends and family to gather and share stories and goings on. This is decidedly intentional to fracture and fragment community and demoralize people. Bless from Arizona USA 🦁

@corneliusantonius3108 Год назад

Tim Martin

@High_Lord_Of_Terra Год назад

Pubs are nothing the sort. Just a room to drink alcohol in. It's not a conspiracy to fracture the community. People just don't like going to pubs anymore.

@halfpint90 Год назад

Yanks think they know everything!

@ThomasDoubting5 Год назад

For social weasels maybe it's the lifeblood to spread lies and deceit around the community and fighting and generally being horrible .. Pubs are nothing but "adult" youth club's

@skabbymuff111 Год назад

This is correct, it is designed to destroy any community.

@thomasclarke2880 Год назад

The local pub is the last bastion for recognising what's left of your community now your outside doors are closed even during the day out of fear. We will hide there and at home until we forget we jokingly called it a refuge and we eventually lose both.

@Goatboy451 Год назад

Tax the energy companies more. Use the money to help keep the pubs open & the pints affordable!

@jimpaddy79 Год назад

Why should pub be subsidized

@ThunderBuddy Год назад

@left_blank wrong. Pubs are important parts of local communities. Remember in lockdown lots of people were saying the first thing they're doing once its over is going to the pub. Its important to have venues where people can chat and socialise.

@Tappits84 Год назад

@@ThunderBuddy They used to be, but even before the pandemic younger people just did not bother to go to the pubs.

@papadopoulosdimitris238 Год назад

I thought this situation was happening only in my own country Greece, but seeing that economic struggle is everywhere across Europe i think it is time for people to stand up and fight back.

@whatwhatyep Год назад

They've been killing pubs since the smoking ban.

@josephberrie9550 Год назад

rubbish

@nedas18 Год назад

In Ireland electric bill before covid was 1000-1200 per month, today is 4000 and got from government 0 🙈 Well I can say one thing, government will collect less taxes and not surprised those pubs closing down 😞Kettle is almost boiling and in coming years will be interesting to watch 😂

@alexlanning712 Год назад

most sensible people got out of running a pub years ago

@benjamintaylor3934 Год назад

£4.50 for a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale, last time I was out in Newcastle city centre. That was in one of the cheaper independent pubs, too!

@andreaslind6338 Год назад

Here in Glasgow its 6 per pint easy. Maybe I should go to Newcastle to go to the pub.

@Rebecca-ii2nq Год назад

The real pubs with accommodation need to hold out for a bit, we are financially heading back to the mid 1800's, single working men's accommodation will be a gold mine.

@richardperry5538 Год назад

Feel sorry for Pub owners, I recall seeing them on the news wanting more and more money to help them during Covid, but people seem to forget it all needs paying back and it's us the public that have to pay the price.

@alanwood7373 Год назад

I'm pleased I'm not a landlord any more. I use to have a public house, I left about 15yrs ago. Once the smoking ban came into force it destroyed my customer base. Many stay at home. Also with the price of beer being around £5 a pint it's cheaper to drink at home. No worries. Sorry days for the British pub and traditions that go with it. 😢

@martynblackburn9632 Год назад

When the smoking ban came It was a relief for me in my younger days. No more smelly clothes. No more breathing other people's poison. Best thing the government did for social life.

@franciscojimenez6047 Год назад

I kind feel the pain of the lady at the beginning of the video, seeing that so many years of work and effort put into a family business could go to the junk yard due to the unsustainable economic conditions is devastating.

@kisbushcraftdownunder Год назад

Thinking back to when I lived in the UK I would go to a pub regularly for a cooked meal and drink 🍺 but I lived in a cheap flat had no car 🚗and all of the associated expenses that went along with car and home ownership I had a fair amount of disposable income but didn't realise it at the time

@stevenhenry5267 Год назад

Drinking alcohol is weak. Do something better with yourselves.

@LordBillington42 Год назад

90% of the ones that have closed we're privately owned. It's almost like the UK doesn't value small businesses. It's the same for breweries. Some of the best independent breweries in the UK have closed their doors in the last 18 months.

@macsmiffy2197 Год назад

£18.50 for haddock and chips at the local pub, £11.50 at the local restaurant. I can buy a glass of wine in both. The restaurant is always busy. Guess which one will close first!

@daviddasilva8383 Год назад

Been living in the UK for 5 months now. We haven't been to a pub yet. Simply can't afford it. And I'm on a pretty "decent" salary

@GloryOfBarbelo Год назад

gentrification, pubs were working class gathering spots.

@Officialkiddleon Год назад

Worldwide, everything is relevant, me and the wife had a date at a regular Japanese restaurant and bill was over $200 for just two people, nothing fancy was ordered. We live by the Hudson right across Manhattan, and our rent now is about $45k-50k per yr. I'm grateful for a capitalist system which rewards hard work... but eventually no one can sustain the lifestyle and NYC will loose their hard working residents & tax revenue... 😕😕

@peternewman3487 Год назад

I used to have a couple of pints every day of the week but this year I’ve only been in a pub twice and only for one pint in each.

@Vortex__24 Год назад

couple of pints daily blimey

@unknownghost7458 Год назад

Heres an idea....stop drinking alcohol, work on yourselfs for 6 months....starve the banks....stop buyin liquor....be a better human. :)

@skabbymuff111 Год назад

Pints are too expensive, it is that simple.

@shsh-he5qg Год назад

Stay off the pints pal 😂 get a few hobbies and go for walks, might improve your life, rather than sitting in pubs all weekends and evenings

@skabbymuff111 Год назад

@@shsh-he5qg I have those also, but I keep in touch with many in my local community at the pub.

@davidmorgan6896 Год назад

The number of pubs has been in decline since about 1870 - with a short period of increase as women started to drink. Pubs solve a problem that, largely, doesn't exist any more - where to meet friends and smoke and drink together. The rise in home ownership after WW2 meant more people had a comfy place to invite friends. They had a comfy place to not invite them too. When I was young, I went to pubs often and my parents went out every night, but now I hardly go to pubs and young people have greatly reduced their alcohol consumption. There are so many other options now, why would I go to a pub? What do they offer? The music is almost always awful and there's nothing to do. On top of that, 90% of pubs sell only a very limited range of beer - usually bad beer too. Pubs have not kept up with the times, but they want us to support them out of nostalgia. No doubt the lamplighters and night-soil attendants felt the same way. We move on. If the government was serious about keeping pubs alive they'd legalize cannabis and allow it to be smoked in (some) pubs.

@ronzombie6541 Год назад

Welcome to da island man!

@anthonyduncalf-uk Год назад

For the economy to work people need to buy things other than homes and pay rent. The property market has been rigged for years to give the wealth effect but the rest of the economy is dying. My towns pubs used to be busy Thurs - Sun in the 90s . They are empty now Saturday night . House prices are at least 50 percent overpriced.

@chrisd5964 Год назад

The British pub culture is dead. Too expensive to pop into the pub, too expensive for a night out. Local’s are dying out, have been for a long time. Only Nigel Farage seems to be able to afford to drink in pubs, wonder why that is?

@garryfreire7345 Год назад

Still at least bankers will still be able to use pubs as their bonuses have been in-capped.

@philcudworth8491 Год назад

The pub, music venues and in a way festivals are the only places we can gather collectively now. That's why they're putting pressure on to close them down. It's not an accident.

@skabbymuff111 Год назад

Exactly this.

@8ballphil150 Год назад

pubs have been in trouble for 20 years . in my town . ( wallasey wirral ) there are 17 pubs closed in that period . most in seacombe and egremont areas . only 4 are still open in them areas . new brighton used to have loads of night clubs , zero now .

@darkshar100 Год назад

1999 was the last great xmas and new year, down hill very fast after that, shame

@8ballphil150 Год назад

@@darkshar100 i have said that for years . the millenium killed it . taxi companies where charging tripple fare in my area . people dont go to pubs anymore . only the ones with food . it was a tradition to go to the pub till 10 / 10.30 , then off to a club . people buy in booze now and watch the telly . it is safer .

@greatest7391 Год назад

@@darkshar100 The rot set in in 2000

@zigowl1193 Год назад

So sad, pity our government won't do anything. Like usual. If it doesn't reduce your quality of life or accuse foreigners of being the problem, it out of our government's hands, I'm afraid.

@tommul6078 Год назад

The problem is many years ago the government sold the utility companies. As a result, shareholders want a profit. It is not just pubs. Any local businesses from pubs, cafes, backers, and butchers are all seeing higher costs across the board. As an example, this Saturday the town car park was two-thirds full. Normally on a Saturday, cars are waiting to find a parking spot. It was only two-thirds full because the doctor's surgery was open to offering Covid injections. Plus I would point out the car park is free, at that time. It is as empty as when COVID was in its second year. We have a cost of living crises caused by higher fuel prices and the Bank of England lifting the interest rate. I would have included food, but apparently in the rest of the world food has gone back down. So just the middle supplies making a large profit, just like the energy companies.

@kevinwilde Год назад

thatchers diabolical legacy continues to linger on

@Ricardo.3 Год назад

7.5 to 9.5 it's the medium price for a pint in Dublin. Much better pay 8.5 for 4 cans on shop and drink at home.

@richardbrown9344 Год назад

Pubs in Australias cities are still charging 7 pounds a pint ..

@Romyyy9 Год назад

I can barely afford food and rent these days, alcohol is the last thing on my mind

@scrubsrc4084 Год назад

The cost of net zero policies and money printing during covid.

@aboutdoorsman4695 Год назад

$40.00 for a burger and beer now in most bars in Canada. It just isn’t worth it. Prior to Covid I spent $150.00 a week in bars. Now, I go once every six weeks. I’d rather put that money on my mortgage.

@NoName-t7e Год назад

Energy crisis? Pandemic? That was all deliberate.

@skabbymuff111 Год назад

Yup.

@greatest7391 Год назад

9-11, Wars, Economic Crash 2008, Brexit, Covid, Mass Immigration, Inflation. all going to plan.

@greatest7391 Год назад

@Jessica Jones and it sucks

@IMMERSIVEVOICE Год назад

Yes I agree. This was deliberate from the elites to eventually get us to drink less alcohol. They won. We lost

@bryany4828 Год назад

precisely, its all part of their great plan.

@stex83 Год назад

sorry, but in London 1 pint is now 6.50. Too much

@javaskull88 Год назад

I’m sorry for the owners of pubs and restaurants struggling with rising costs. I’m also sorry for consumers like me who can’t afford to enjoy dining out anymore. There are no winners here.

@srgrounds 6 месяцев назад

Maybe people are learning that drinking yourself to an early grave isn’t worth it.

@bennimonsta Год назад

Oh god….as if these people haven’t been given enough. Grants, loans, VAT reductions they never passed onto customers. Can we stop throwing good money after bad?

@TheRealMrLaserCutter Год назад

It was the government stimulation that caused the inflation in the first place. I think there was a lot of opportunistic price rises that have not helped.

@chiragshetty4608 Год назад

@@TheRealMrLaserCutter well ppl were very happy when they were getting support during covid. Then why cry now then .

@weird-guy Год назад

That happened in my country, government decreased vat to restaurants and that didn’t translate In lower prices, now they are decreased vat from 6% to 0% on 44 essential food items and I also think the prices will stay the same and companies will eat the vat.