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[thailand] 09/7/2022 15:28

So good of them to reduce the price of my favourite cider, Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime to £1.99 and my favourite lager, Carlsberg to £2.29 for the summer months. Cheers!

[tornado12] 09/7/2022 12:18

Business update on 13th July should bring direction to the share price Happy to hold and if they do get to 500p will buy another load

[woodzeebeck] 08/7/2022 15:13

In the news:

[isis] 06/7/2022 20:42

Much busier round here this Week in all the Spoons.

Thailand - yeah that would be that Council Estate which is also right next to Waitrose. Most inner London Estates are very ethnic, in fact most of London is very ethnic, most people who haven't been here for awhile wouldn't know what Country they were in!

Waldron - Greenwich and Blackheath and generally SE is still a nice part of London - the Tunnel takes you to East London, Docklands and Canary Wharf - also quite nice in general. There are no poor parts of London anymore, it is all ridiculously expensive to buy anywhere.

[claret dragon] 06/7/2022 18:31

Up in Edinburgh last weekend and The Booking Office outside the main station was rammed.

I know its a tourist city but no other pub was as full as that one.

[kreature] 06/7/2022 18:15

theatre. just going to see Macbeth would be the same thing. Only Macbeth theatre probably wouldn't encourage you to alter your DNA in some mass experiment

[gozzie2] 06/7/2022 17:42

Back stabbing tories such as zahawi ???Never .

[zztop] 06/7/2022 09:45

/05/22•BIG PHARMA › NEWSPfizer Asks Court to Dismiss Whistleblower Lawsuit Because Government Was Aware of FraudIn an interview with The Defender, the lawyer representing whistleblower Brook Jackson said Pfizer is arguing the court should dismiss Jackson's lawsuit alleging fraud in Pfizer's COVID-19 clinical trials because the U.S. government knew about the wrongdoings but continued to do business with the vaccine maker.

[buywell3] 06/7/2022 08:24

Boris loses his COE and Health Minister in one hit

On the ropes now

Bit like this at 600p

[tornado12] 06/7/2022 08:18

Yes we can expect double figure inflation in autumn but then we could be back on the roller coaster of covid restrictions this winter and recession. That will drop again the energy prices at least for oil and what seems usual rinse and repeat cycle of 2020/21. Difficult to manage any investment portfolio with all this sh*t going on. But I do believe Spoons will survive but need a few years of stability before we get a decent return on share price .. GLA

[gozzie2] 05/7/2022 19:45

Inflation only going to go higher unfortunately I believe.

[mroalan] 05/7/2022 17:13

In Strafford on Avon for a few days, had a beer in the hotel,pint of bitter please and a medium chardonny, that,all be £11 50 sir,makes the SPoons look like a charitable organisation.

[kreature] 05/7/2022 00:50

Is this one still trading? No-one has got any money to spend on flavoured water

[buywell3] 05/7/2022 00:18

Do you ride tandem ?

[waldron] 04/7/2022 08:27

I can remember some 60years plus ago

a pub on every corner and giving directions was easy by indicating pubs

my old grandma was often met in the part set aside for the kids

Not sure whether there was a pint or small sherry to hand

chuckle and cheers

[ariane] 04/7/2022 08:12

Number of pubs falls by 7,000 in a decade to lowest number on record

There are now fewer than 40,000 pubs - the lowest number on record, according to new research.
Alexa Phillips

News reporter @alexxaphillips

SKY

Monday 4 July 2022 07:58, UK

There are 7,000 fewer pubs in England and Wales than there were 10 years ago, research has found.

Their total number dropped below 40,000 in the first half of 2022 - the lowest number on record, according to real estate advisers Altus Group.



Pubs have suffered setbacks in recent years due to the coronavirus pandemic, which forced them to close - and now because of increasing costs, the analysis suggested.

"Whilst pubs proved remarkably resilient during the pandemic, they're now facing new headwinds grappling with the cost of doing business crisis through soaring energy costs, inflationary pressures and tax rises," Robert Hayton, Altus Group's UK president, said.

Some 200 pubs disappeared from communities in England and Wales from the end of last year to the end of last month.


The biggest drop in the past six months was in the West Midlands, where 28 pubs were lost.

This was followed by London and the East of England, which each saw the loss of 24.



Only 37% of hospitality businesses are making a profit due to growing costs, according to research from the British Beer and Pub Association, British Institute of Innkeeping and UKHospitality.

Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, said: "When pubs are forced to close it's a huge loss to the local community, and these numbers paint a devastating picture of how pubs are being lost in villages, towns and cities across the country.


"As a sector we have just weathered the hardest two years on memory, and we now face the challenge of extreme rising costs, with only one in three hospitality businesses currently profitable.

"It's essential that we receive relief to ease these pressures or we really do risk losing more pubs year on year."

Pubs recently warned that the rail and Tube strikes were also hitting their sales.

The founder of City Pub Group in London, Clive Watson, said he may have lost as much as 25% of usual sales in June due to the strikes' impact on social outings.

[waldron] 02/7/2022 19:12

AH Cutty Sark my favourite place when a kid and in the local pubs thereafter




Passing under the Thames into North lONDON

Visiting the Maritime Museum,a walk thru the park over Blackheath to the VILLAGE

Some near 50 years ago or more

Remember the Queens Visits

Often the Greenwich Threatre performances and the actor JOHN WOODVINE

All good memories

CAMERA FEST too

[thailand] 02/7/2022 19:11

Michael Adebowale was resident in Greenwich, in Thames Street, just a stone's throw from The Gate Clock 'spoons, when he murdered Lee Rigby in Woolwich.

[isis] 02/7/2022 17:39

I suppose you have to remember people actually live there too, so caters for allsorts, same with Greenwich. There's a big (probably listed now) Council Estate near the Cutty Sark next to the million pound flats! haha
I like in fact, keeps it a bit Earthy and Real round there and adds to the Character, ;)

[isis] 02/7/2022 17:29

Well there's not many places around Canary Wharf which stinks of Sports Cars and Bond Street Boutiques/Jeweler's where you can get Fish and Chips and a pint of Corona for around a tenner! It actually fits in quite well with the other Bars along the strip too.
Even the Waitrose has a Champagne and Oyster Bar!

[gozzie2] 02/7/2022 17:25

Mmm Its a different world on the outskirts of manchester.A mate of mine that's got plenty of money, sat with us in a pub recently without a drink, refusing to pay 4.10 for a bitter lol.

[isis] 02/7/2022 17:14

The other surprise one is the Ledger at Canary Wharf, West India Key, in a Grade I listed building. Probably the poshest one I've been in. It's a Lloyds brand but probably only a quid so dearer on the drinks front and food not a lot of difference and even does the allday Coffee's @£1.20 - has a nice outside bit too. :)
I can confirm there's no obvious druggies, louts or nee'r do wells in either of those two. :)

[isis] 02/7/2022 17:08

Most Pubs in Greenwich are charging around the £6 mark now for a pint - often exactly the same stuff you get in the Spoons!
Mind you at least the Greene King's do Happy Hours from 4-7pm 2for1 in the Week days. You just have to know where to go. ;)
Mind you with a 2 bed Flat costing North of £800k I doubt most care anyway! lol

[gozzie2] 02/7/2022 16:48

It's strange why it's busy Eh??? Lol