Rate of pub closures accelerates to record 52 a week

The rate of pub closures has now risen to a record 52 per week, as the number of industry job losses in the past year reaches 24,000.
Latest figures released by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) show that the rate of pub closures has increased by a third in the first half of 2009, up from 39 pubs a week in the last six months of 2008.

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