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‘We risk losing the British pub forever’: Venues choose between closing down or ‘charging £14 a PINT’ to stay afloat amid £80,000 spikes in energy bills

14.99 Pound sterling equals 22.84 Canadian

British pubs are reducing their hours and closing down as energy bills skyrocket by tens of thousands of pounds, with landlords describing it as ‘an even bigger crisis than Covid’.

Pub and brewery bosses have warned of gas and electricity prices rising by as much as 300%, wiping out profits and forcing many to close.

Six of the UK’s biggest pub and brewing company leaders called for urgent intervention by the Government in an open letter published yesterday.

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