There may be fewer pubs closing now than a year ago, but to read this article in the Morning Advertiser (the daily bible of the licensed trade) one would conclude that all those which are left all have roses growing round the door - and ex-sqauddies can deal with trouble-makers by shooting the bastards!
Morning Advertiser, 28th January 2011
Running a pub in any climate is not a walk in the park - in today's it's a very precarious existence and without proper advice too many of these hopefuls will simply p*ss their savings against the wall.
