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39 British Pubs Close Each Week
Today’s Guardian carried a story on the dedicated groups of locals who are banding together to save these services. Pooling their time and money, they are forming limited-liability community companies.
Photo by Stephen Chapman
It’s a story that’s inspiring and upsetting in equal measures. How did we get to the point where so many of Britain’s most beloved community assets – its pubs and its rural shops – are being forced to close? According to the British Beer & Pub Association, the combination of high taxes and low supermarket prices is causing 39 pubs to close every week.
Vicky Baker
Freelance journalist from London, currently based in Buenos Aires. Vicky regularly writes on her blog at goinglocaltravel.com and shares tips, advice and news on travelling the local way: covering couchsurfing, hospitality tourism, travel networking and home exchanges.
