Is this enough to halt the trend of pub closures?

[FatLazyContractor]

Nope if you are under 25 you get IDed at pubs and anywhere else that sells alcohol. The ID must have a photo on it.

When I was 16 I use to lie about my age and would sit in pubs with my friends'. You would behave so you wouldn't get chucked out. They would ID us about twice a year and we shared ID as it didn't need to be photo Id.

Basically the pub taught us how to drink responsibly.

I remember my granny saying summat similar

[OwlHoot]

in addition back in the day everyone was trying to get into pubs and get served when they were 16-17 and again you just do not see this usual Friday night drinking from the 18-21 year olds

maybe just where I live

In a word: "e"

Young people these days would rather skip the pub and wait until later in the evening, then pop a modestly priced e and breeze around some nightclub in an agreeable haze until 2am.

[stek]

When I was in Dublin never saw a boarded up pub and my local was full every night

Then again, there were no mega supermarkets and hardly any newsagents flogging cheap tinnies...

[DodgyAgent]

Nothing more annoying than some hipster tw@ going to a crowded bar and trying to get a latte.

foooook off down to Bean Machine you $%$£

Most have multiple bars and they could control the times at which booze is sold and when coffee is served

[SueEllen]

Why dont they diversify into coffee shops and retail outlets?

One of the pubs near me is basically a coffee house during the day. It's full of mothers and their brats.

Another is now an Indian restaurant. About 3 people went bankrupt trying to run it as a pub.

A few others have been turned into Tescos Expresses or estate agents after bankrupting a few people who tried to run them as pubs.

Another pub has reopened as a pub but now sells meals and concentrates on mothers and brats in the day.

[Pondlife]

My local brewery Brains now owns a coffee franchise that is separate to its pubs.

The only pubs that always seem to be busy are the ones that do decent food. One local one has a bbq popup restaurant every thurs-sat and it's booked up for the duration.

[SueEllen]

Then again, there were no mega supermarkets and hardly any newsagents flogging cheap tinnies...

Thanks to the supermarkets the newsagents on my road are now off licenses and convenience food shops.

The price of their alcohol is often cheaper than the supermarket.

[MaryPoppins]

One of the pubs near me is basically a coffee house during the day. It's full of mothers and their brats.

Another pub has reopened as a pub but now sells meals and concentrates on mothers and brats in the day.

You sound very bitter, Sue.

[pun sort of intended]

[BrilloPad]

My current client co has random drug and alcohol tests on employees. Needless to say, contractors are exempt from that!

Hopefully they will introduce that for bankers soon.

[BrilloPad]

You sound very bitter, Sue.

[pun sort of intended]

Sue is right. Children are brats. Except for my 3 little darlings that is.