Jeremy Clarkson is blasted by fellow publicans as 'insulting' for thinking he 'can just rock up' and run a successful boozer after he bought £1m Cotswolds venue as industry faces closures crisis

Are YOU a landlord, what do you think? Email [email protected] Jeremy Clarkson has been slammed by pub industry owners for thinking he can 'just rock up and run' a boozer, with experts branding the TV star's move 'an insult' It comes after Clarkson purchased the Windmill pub, a barn converted into a boozer in 1983, in the Cotswolds - with the TV star reportedly paying about £1million Clarkson has bought the freehold to the pub which means it isn't tied to a brewery, so he can realise his dream of selling his own beer made on his Diddly Squat farm 10 miles away 'My instant reaction was "ugh", because it's a bit insulting that Clarkson could think he could just rock up and do it,' Dan Brod, co-founder of the Beckford Group, which has four pubs across Wiltshire and Somerset, and two restaurants in Bath. Jeremy Clarkson revealed last week that he had realised his dream of owning his own pub Dan Brod, co-founder of the Beckford Group, hit out at Clarkson for the move, branding the star's decision to buy the pub an 'insult' The nation's beloved boozers facing a battle for survival with about 80 closing each month Stark figures have revealed the scale of nation's boozer closure crisis. As revealed by MailOnline, Clarkson offered the pub's former owner, Jackie Walker, about £1million within minutes of meeting her. Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge warned Clarkson it was 'very, very difficult' to run a pub 'It's very, very difficult operating a pub,' Kerridge, who was the first chef to win two Michelin stars for his boozer, The Hand and Flowers, in Marlow, told ITV.