Scotland lost 210 million pints of beer and 200 pubs during lockdown industry tells MPs
dailyrecord.co.ukpandemic has been the biggest crisis ever to hit the beer and pub industry and the impacts are going to be long-lasting. “Prior to the pandemic there was roughly 4,500 pubs in Scotland and 130 breweries contributing around £1.66 billion to the economy every year, and paying almost £800 million in wages.”“What we have seen so far is that at least 200 pubs have been lost forever, 210 million pints in beer sales lost due to either the forced closure of the last year, or the trading under severe restrictions, and £820 million worth of trade value wiped from the sector in beer sales alone.”Togneri said there had to be “support from both governments” in Holyrood and Westminster to return the sector to “the economic powerhouse it once was”.Get all.
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