00:00It's just been over the last 18 months, it's just been dying to death, fewer and fewer customers, less money coming in, beer prices are going up all the time, HMRC in the UK has got a lot to play here I think, but they won't, I think they look on alcohol as a revenue raiser, they've taxed alcohol, petrol and tobacco since the second world war, they're going to have to do something because all three are passing rapidly out of use, one in four new cars is electric,
00:29where's your petrol duty on an electric car, who smokes cigarettes these days, a lot of people vape, I gave up smoking 30 years ago so I'm alright, and then you've got alcohol, if 40% of young people don't drink, that's 40% of revenue done, I spent the last year being chased by breweries, about three a week, emailing me, texting me, what's happening to me, can we get you anything, can we get you a pallet, can we build you a pallet, you know you get 18 of these 9 gallon firkins on a pallet, can we build you a plate and send it over, no, got a full seller, no customers,
00:59it's been getting increasingly difficult, which is why we took a decision to close, we've been struggling, we've been struggling to pay our bills, I've never bothered whether I get paid or not, I'm in that fortunate position, but I suddenly started not being paid,
01:13I'm not the only one there, I've talked to other landlords in their pubs, during the daytime behind closed doors, and yeah, we're just paying the bills, and there will be, I'll tell you now, there will be other pubs closing,
01:23but there's no, there's nobody, there's none, you know, the prices are too high, for us buying stocking, never mind, customers buying a pint over the bar, or a glass of wine,
01:37and it's all right, it's cheaper from the supermarket, yeah that's fine, but you don't get the social element, sitting in the pub, talking, laughing, having a joke, catching up with people.
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