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HORNBEAM WORKING HARD TO SUPPORT REAL ALE PUBS IN DIFFICULT TIMES.

The latest news for the publican trade is gloomy. But at Hornbeam we are trying to promote the pubs with there events with a news letter each month and our successful events page.

Article From "The publican"

One in six pubs will close by 2012 – hit by the credit crunch, the smoking ban and drinkers turning to cheap supermarket booze. Thirty-six are already shutting every week, with thousands of staff losing their jobs and many communities losing long-established focal points. In the next four years at least 6,000 more face going to the wall. Market research firm CGA Strategy, which carried out the survey, says the smoking ban and the credit crunch have driven many former regulars to stay at home drinking cheaper booze from supermarkets. CGA said it was a case of survival of the fittest – “the weakest operators will cease to exist.” Campaign For Real Ale spokesman Iain Loe said: “This is the death of a centuries’ old British institution. – Sunday Mirror

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