UK smoking ban closes an average of 27 pubs per week
Story is found online here:Some excerpts:
A vital part of the British economy and social life is under the most severe strain it has faced for decades Rob Hayward BBPA
Beer sales have slumped to their lowest level since the Great Depression of the 1930s with 14m fewer pints being sold today than in 1979
The industry is facing very difficult trading conditions, which is resulting in the closure of hundreds of pubs across the country
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