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Consolation, Community, National Identity in the UK: What Is Lost when Pubs Close, and How They Can Be Saved
IRELAND, JUL 14 – Over 2,100 pubs closed since 2005 due to high state costs and economic pressures, with rural counties losing over 30% of venues, warns Drinks Industry Group of Ireland.
- Pubs in the UK are closing at a rate of one per day in 2025, continuing a trend where over a quarter have closed since 2000.
- This decline follows rising costs, changing drinking habits, competition, and the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns which temporarily closed pubs.
- Research shows closures hit rural areas hardest, with nearly 25% fewer publican licences between 2005 and 2024 and some pubs converting to development sites.
- Donall O'Keeffe of DIGI warns that without prompt measures, as many as 1,000 pubs could close, and suggests that reducing excise duties by 10% would quickly enhance their financial sustainability.
- The continuing losses threaten community hubs and national identity, but laws like the Localism Act 2011 and diversification offer ways to sustain pubs.
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Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved
William Perugini/ShutterstockRecent figures from the British Beer and Pub Association show that pubs will close at the rate of one a day in the UK during 2025. This is just the latest chapter in a familiar story – more than a quarter of British pubs have closed since 2000. The cost of running a pub has risen dramatically. The ingredients used to brew beer all cost more, as do the business rates, rents, duties, utilities and wages required to ope…
Consolation, community, national identity in the UK: What is lost when pubs close, and how they can be saved
Recent figures from the British Beer and Pub Association show that pubs will close at the rate of one a day in the UK during 2025. This is just the latest chapter in a familiar story—more than a quarter of British pubs have closed since 2000.
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