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    James May dice alla LBC che “non c’è niente di male nel possedere un pub” mentre invita il governo “a non prendere a pugni in faccia i pubblicani” con aumenti delle tasse


    James May dice alla LBC che “non c’è niente di male nel possedere un pub” mentre invita il governo “a non prendere a pugni in faccia i pubblicani” con aumenti delle tasse

    https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/james-may-pub-tax-hikes-top-gear-5HjdQSL_2/

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    1. tosher11 on

      Alcohol is a poison
      James may is the “cigarette”
      Marlboro man of his day
      Keep on chugging 🍻

    2. Desperate_Caramel_10 on

      Plenty of dosh in owning a pub. Perhaps James May is just pretty shit at doing it? 

      edit: have struck a nerve with some of you.

      He’s a washed up TV presenter.

    3. BenButton123 on

      Judging from the dross him and Hammond put out on YouTube nowadays, he owns a pub solely as a vehicle to flog his gin. 

    4. formberz on

      Aren’t these taxes just back to normal because covid relief is expiring or something?

      It isn’t just taxes that are causing pubs to go under. It’s the cost of goods, beer prices from suppliers, energy etc. the same cost of living crisis that’s affecting all of us. I’m not sure why pubs should get special treatment with tax relief to stay open if I don’t get special treatment to help me pay my mortgage.

    5. DeltaPapaWhisky on

      Publican asks government not to increase taxes on publicans.

      Meanwhile, under-resourced hospitals are stuffed to the gills with people suffering from the side effects of the toxic, psychoactive, dependence forming drug that publicans sell.

    7. ScaryBerry8767 on

      Having managed bars/restaurants when I was younger, it was always a dream of mine to open my own. Even my local which is soon to be up for lease, I was thinking of taking on. I couldn’t justify it though, it would just be a money pit.

      Comparing bars from even pre COVID to now, they have totally changed. The majority are ghost towns, it’s a great shame. Even if you have a good idea, serve great food and drinks, have great marketing and staff, it’s no guarantee of getting people in unless you’re in the center of a busy town.

      Anyone getting into the bar trade now must have more money than sense.

    8. xParesh on

      I’m not an expert on this but apparently there are freehold and leasehold pubs.

      The Freehold ones own the pub outright and can buy their supply from whoever they want but the leasehold pub are forced to buy their supply from the landlords supplier and these are often inflated rates.

      I was just thinking a solution to some pubs going out of business would be for the government to rule that leasehold pubs would be free to buy their supply on the open market, thus cutting their costs.

    9. Tricky_Act9533 on

      There was no money in it 2-3 decades ago and I imagine it has only gotten worse

    10. Powerful_Chemical628 on

      Plenty of pubs still doing well. He probably shouldn’t have set it up in the arse end of nowhere to flog his shit gin nobody buys.

      Forever riding coattails even at his age. It’d be funny if it wasn’t so embarrassing

    11. Great_Comparison462 on

      Who gives a fuck about pubs? I prefer drinking on my own in a bus stop anyway.

    12. No-Quit3994 on

      I used to go to the pub 4-5 times a week for 2-3 pints. I’ve been twice in the last 6 months and that was to meet family.

      The reason is that I didn’t go for the beer, I went for the company of others. They have stopped going as often for a variety of reasons so now the guys and ladies are not there and I’m on my tod.

    13. ihateeverythingandu on

      Diddums, get another job then.

      Isn’t that what the rest of us mere plebs are being told constantly when companies make large swaths of people redundant or AI replaces entry level jobs?

      Owning a pub doesn’t make you special, they aren’t necessary and they rip people off with prices.

    14. GhostRiders on

      Pubs are no different to Chippies, both businesses are shutting in numbers because the British Public by and large have moved one.

      That doesn’t mean that they are no longer viable businesses, I know both Chippies and Local Pubs which are doing a roaring trade and their respective owners are doing very well.

      The issue is that there is no longer a bigger customer base to sustain both in the numbers that it used to and nothing will change that.

      You can still open new chippies and pubs and be successful, you just have to put in for more background work before hand such as how much competition will you have, what is the make up of the local population, public transport links etc etc..

      Many businesses have had to face changes and challenges due to many reasons, pubs are not a special case.

    15. Colascape on

      I’m good with lowering taxes for real businesses especially ones with some positive externalities like pubs, but must be countered with higher taxes on bullshit businesses that we don’t need.

    16. One_Anteater_9234 on

      Tax is the main thing that has ruined the pub industry.

    17. jamiesonic on

      He’s running a business in a tiny village with a population of 200. Where did he think the customers were going to come from?

    18. tommyduk on

      Another former Top Gear presenter with a newly-adopted hobby courts the support of people for whom it’s long been a way of life.

      What’s next, Richard Hammond going into bat for our under-appreciated upper class?

      I hope this doesn’t read as mean-spirited. Oh, and Save our pubs!

    19. ohbroth3r on

      Another rich tax dodger telling us how and who our government should be taxing.

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