A major consumer survey has found Australia and English-speaking countries at the top of the list for prolific boozing. The eighth annual report from the Global Drug Survey, claiming to be the largest drug survey in the world, examined over 123,814 people in 36 countries worldwide, between 29 October and 30 December 2018. Around 5,400 […]
Statistics show pubs continue to rapidly close all over the UK, but some forge on through economies of lack of scale, and innovation continues to thrive in the form of London’s first nudist pub. The great British pub owes much of its modern presence to age-old laws allowing private dwellings to be operated as a
New figures out of the UK show the steady decline in the number of pubs in Britain, with thousands closing since 2013. The UK Market Growth Monitor by CGA and AlixPartners reports that across Britain the number of pubs and bars has fallen 11.3 per cent in the past five years, amounting to an average
A Sunday evening in the sleepy market town of Tring was interrupted as police were called to a scuffle in the Bell Pub on High Street, as around 20 men and women drunkenly pounded crap out of each other. CCTV camera footage sourced by the Daily Mail filmed the entire sorry incident, as a dispute
Research looking at data on beer consumption in 30 cities across 23 countries has found Melbourne and Sydney lead the world in dollars spent on beer, while faring a little better on quantity and proportion of income splurged. Emanating from the festivities of International Beer Day – the first Friday of every August – self-proclaimed
Britain’s Beer Alliance has announced a £9 million (AU$15.9 million) advertising campaign hoping to stem the tide of pub closures by reminding the people of their community significance. According to data, roughly three pubs close for good in Britain every day. Many believe a contributing factor is the country’s rising tax on beer. The campaign,
Britain in in the grips of a crisis, as low production and high demand for CO₂ bring the real possibility the country’s famously tepid beer will also be flat. Carbon dioxide, whilst enjoying recent fame as a greenhouse gas, has long been employed to put bubbles in beer, and push it out of kegs and
Britain’s largest pub chain has opened Britain’s largest pub, as the Eagle & Child in Ramsbottom is awarded Britain’s Pub of the Year for its work with the community. In 2008, the GFC took its toll on a Victorian seaside pavilion casino in Ramsgate, Kent, the business closing and the building falling into disrepair. It
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Britain boasts some of the highest concentration, smallest and oldest pubs in the world, and while many features are time-honoured, research finds what Britons want in a pub has little to do with booze. New research from YouGov Omnibus found many people’s first choice for a feature in a classic British local didn’t have anything
UK licensing authorities are calling to task a suburban pub they say has become a “focal point for crime and disorder” after too many callouts for them and paramedics. The south London district of Blackheath is known for its extensive green spaces, village feel and traditional pubs. But one has been identified by authorities as
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