It's a combination of things I think to be honest. The smoking ban hit a lot of pubs hard, the recession hasn't helped, supermarket prices are another, but our social habbits are changing completely too.
I've worked in pubs in the past, and whereas you get some really nice pubs, you get some right dives too, but it seems like it's hitting every kind of pub right now.
I think the only pubs that will survive it, are the ones who have enough regulars, or are quick enough to change things that might be going wrong.
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