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Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by moop_moop »

sefrost wrote: post #18

Wow a fantastic independent pub near where I used to live in London is seeing its rateable value go up 480%! This website really puts the headlines in to a nice local perspective. It seems like the taxes only go up while the services get worse in the UK, although I’ve been away for 5 years now so maybe things improved.

The services have certainly not got better in the last 5 years. This Government is fiscally illiterate and has hit the top of the Laffer curve and is now trying to go down the other side.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by tracker1 »

While this is cool to see, would be nice to see some indication of the nation specific context for those outside that nation... especially since it's the more generic .com tld instead of say .uk ...

Maybe even a Union Jack in the corner as a background image, or something.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by iNerdier »

sefrost wrote: post #18

Wow a fantastic independent pub near where I used to live in London is seeing its rateable value go up 480%! This website really puts the headlines in to a nice local perspective. It seems like the taxes only go up while the services get worse in the UK, although I’ve been away for 5 years now so maybe things improved.

Amateurs. One close to me is at an +821% increase in its tax bill and rateable value at 613%.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by tracker1 »

tshaddox wrote: post #47
SoftTalker wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or the term "pub." In the US it's much more usual to say "bar." Maybe "tavern" but that sounds rather dated to my ear.

"Bar" is certainly the catch-all term in the U.S., but "pub" is also very widely understood to refer to a specific type of bar, especially (but not limited to) bars deliberately styled as Irish or British pubs.

Along a similar note, I hate when a Bar is labelled as a "Pub" and doesn't serve food. IMO, in the US, if it's labelled a "pub" it should serve food.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by fourside »

notatoad wrote: post #7
fourside wrote: post #2

For anyone else who entered a US zip code and was confused by the ‘invalid zip code’ error: this is UK only.

your first clue might have been that it does not say "zip code" in either the field label or the error message, it says "postcode".

The site has since changed the content from when I made the comment. It used to say zip code in the label and error.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by iso1631 »

Nearest pub

2023 Rateable Value £13,800

2026 Rateable Value £12,250

Change -£3,300(-23.9%)

I guess "no" would be the answer then.

Nearest town has 3 pubs where rates are going down significantly and 4 where they're going up. I wonder why, is it that the previous setup was unfair to those who are seeing their rates going down?

The pub I do go to each week is seeing rates going up +£3,300. That's not as big an impact from yet another inflation busting minimum wage increase.

However the much bigger concern is that people will be scared to drive there. Currently you can drive there, have a pint, and then go home, and be confident you're not triggering the limit. They're reducing this limit, which means no more trip to the pub.

I'm sure it's fine in big cities where people live in walking distance.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by t-3 »

yunohn wrote: post #51
jaccola wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The government has decided that they know what’s good for you better for you than you do. So they tax alcohol at incredibly high rates. Without this more pubs could exist. So I don’t think it’s a case of subsidising as much as removing the disincentive.

I’m not familiar with the UK, but is the tax on alcohol at pubs higher than at a store? My general understanding was that people have just shopped visiting pubs for other reasons - like diluted drinks, crappy food, loud music, etc.

Bars and pubs aren't really competing against the store or restaurants, they're competing against you drinking alone or with only close friends. If stepping in to have a beer and shoot the shit would cost a significant chunk of a day's wages, you just won't do it, but if I can buy more beer with an hours wages than I can drink in an hour, it's not a bad time.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by dylan604 »

tshaddox wrote: post #47
SoftTalker wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or the term "pub." In the US it's much more usual to say "bar." Maybe "tavern" but that sounds rather dated to my ear.

"Bar" is certainly the catch-all term in the U.S., but "pub" is also very widely understood to refer to a specific type of bar, especially (but not limited to) bars deliberately styled as Irish or British pubs.

every now and then you'll find a public house or similarly named
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