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Rapidly escalating energy bills are killing pubs, says BII

Independent pub operators will need to trade at least 20% higher than pre-pandemic levels to “just stand still”, in spite of the fact that a quarter are still trading below 2019 levels

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has written to the secretary of state for BEIS and the chancellor to highlight the “devastating” impact of the energy crisis on its members running independent pub businesses and calling for urgent, essential support from the government.

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