General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

What has killed these big pubs off, is the running costs, the bigger and more valuable the property is, the more they pay in business rates and utility bills, such as gas and electric and water and health and safety requirements, need to be paid for too, they need to break even and then make a profit for the owners.

That is why the smaller independent pubs and bars who are free to sell what their customers want to buy, are doing well, they are much cheaper to run and are popular with boozers, because they sell decent booze