Britain’s pubs confront a bleak winter as energy costs spiral
The TelegraphFor Craig and Darina Currie, it has been an emotional few days. “It's a strange feeling, but they say all good things come to an end,” the pair wrote to customers of their pub, The Park, in Great Harwood, near Blackburn, late last week. “This is not the case that it’s the weakest being weeded out.” Instead, she says, “there are successful pubs who are seeing their profit wiped out as well”. “We have supply chain problems from Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis, and then the energy prices… it is basically the perfect storm, but more like a hurricane of bad news that never ends.” For many pub landlords, there is little they can do to try to keep their heads above water. So we don’t have a choice, we can’t really cut down on energy bills – but we are being charged double the amount.” Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, says: “Cost inflation is real across all elements.
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