The pub landlords having to pay THOUSANDS in rent to big breweries despite still being shut
coronavirus crisis.Thwaites, which owns several pubs in Greater Manchester, suspended rent collections for April, but has still sent invoices to its tenanted pubs for the months since.Other brewers continued to charge landlords for rent throughout the pandemic despite the government forcing pubs to stay shut since March.Sean Hornby, landlord of The Queens in Bradley Fold, Bury, made a payment of nearly £2,000 to Thwaites on Friday.He said: “My rent is £376 per week plus VAT. For a building you can’t trade in, it’s a lot.”“I’ve just paid May’s invoice which has broken my heart because there’s no income whatsoever.“There’s also gas, electric, water.