[Acrylic-bob]

"Symptomatic behaviour of most of the major chains now, John.

Squeeze every penny out of the decent pubs until the tenants pack up and leave, ship in someone 'temporary' then shut altogether after six months and blame the taxation system. Many of them seem to have slipped in an extra layer of management as well for some bizarre reason.

It seems to me that they make so much money from supermarket sales that pubs are too much of a headache but if something is turning you a profit and keeping people happy why fiddle with it?"


Hmmm. Remind me again Ken, which party it was, while in Government, who changed the licensing laws and permitted the supermarkets and every corner shop to sell alcohol at cost price 24 hrs a day in the facile belief that this would create a cafe culture completely oblivious to the effect that this would have on the traditional outlets. Hmmm? Who was that Ken?