l'angleterre, 9 mois après

[joel lailler]

GLOBE'S global downturn!
Phil Johnson
2nd April 2008.
Today we see the truth beginning to emerge!



Today the politicians may take on board what we have been saying all along!



Today we see, in print, the discrediting of ASH!



Today we see a sad effect of the pernicious smokeban!




Globe Pub Company, the 437-strong tenanted business owned by Robert Tchenguiz, has indicated beer sales are down by 8% in its most recent quarter to 1 March this year.



8%-that is one hell of a lot of pints gone missing-but then, so have the smokers!



Globe admitted it had 35 pubs that were paying nil rent and a further ten pubs where rent concessions are in place. The company rent roll went down £300,000.



To keep pubs open and people in work (which is both correctness and commendable Mr Blair/Brown) this company has 35 incomeless, rentwise, outlets. This is not a recipe for longevity, this is a recipe for disaster! Disaster for the poor people trying their damndest to earn a living, for no matter long they are allowed to trade in this manner it will not be forever!



"The company rentroll went down £300,000"-again, for how long I ask?



Companies build upon their strong points. Companies make profits to re-invest, to strengthen their hold.



Companies flounder on losses. Companies fail due to losses!



It has taken 9 months for the truth to start emerging. Laurel have suffered from a wholesale massacre-thank you SMOKEBAN.



Globe are on the same road-the road to disaster.



The smokeban is a disaster, we keep beating the drum, but the media and this tyrannical gov't are fuelled by ASH & CRUK lies and distortions on a weekly basis. They refuse to bend to the truth yet they will not meet with us on a 'head to head' basis.



Perhaps they would like to meet with Laurel & Globe bosses, perhaps they would feel safer against them than us!




ça fait peur!!!!!!!

[alexandra]

Contrary to most predictions before the ban was enforced last summer, it has had a devastating effect on pub trade.

When the ban came into effect one year ago this week, polls were claiming that up to 80 per cent of all adults were more likely to visit a pub. But hardly any of that horde of new customers has materialised - while regulars have vanished.

Last July one health insurance giant predicted: "The ban will enable village and town pubs across the UK to play an even more integral role in community life."

Today that boast raises a hollow laugh as village after village and town after town lose their pubs.

Research by the magazine Publican shows that only one in three licensees has attracted new customers since the ban.
And at least 78,000 bar staff have been sacked because of a drop in business caused directly by the ban, according to the trade magazine Morning Advertiser.

The British Beer and Pub Association told The People: "The smoking ban was a huge change for pubs across Britain and it has had an adverse affect.

We have seen a £100million investment by large pub chains with outside smoking areas. But traditional pubs struggle because they cannot afford to make the changes."

http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=20-000-pubs-in-danger%26method=full%26objectid=20625430%26siteid=93463-name_page.html

[alexandra]

More than 6,000 pubs in the UK could close in the next five years if they do not deal with the impact of the smoking ban and the current squeeze on customer spending.

According to a report by consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2,000 pubs could cease trading in 2008 alone as the industry continues to struggle to adjust a year after the smoking ban was introduced throughout the UK.

Michael Jervis, advisory partner at PwC, said: “Since our original prediction last year, the rate of pub closures has accelerated: we now expect to see 6,000 pubs closing by 2012.

“The UK currently has 76,000 pubs – 10,000 of which are believed to be loss making, so the 6,000 is only just over half of the loss makers.”

http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2008/06/30/321852/6000-pubs-face-closure-due-to-uk-smoking-ban.html

Donc 78 000 licenciements, 2000 pubs fermés et une prévision de 4000 supplémentaires. Mais à part ça tout va bien ! Je me demande si en France les gens croient vraiment que ça ne nous arrivera pas.