BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 18:25:00
He's been the licensee of the plough inn in stourbridge for 16 years. like many pubs, he says the pandemic has hit them hard, and they've been haemorrhaging money. we're probably trading around about £75,000 a year we're down than we were pre—pandemic. utility bills and everything have gone up, but yet trade has gone down, and that can only lead to one way, really. here in the west midlands, almost 100 pubs have shut in the last two years. in the first six months of this year, 28 establishments have called time. it means the region has the highest number of pub closures in the country. andr...