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Pubs will be subjected to a major change in the coming months as temporary pandemic licensing rules are set to expire.

A former Lockerbie publican is calling on the Scottish Government to do more to support the hospitality industry.

More than 150 pubs have closed down permanently since the beginning of the year, according to new data, as business utility bills rocket following the end of the government cap on energy prices.

Pubgoers could be drinking flat beer due to a lack of CO2 – thanks to rising natural gas costs.Key producer CF Fertilisers has paused the manufacturing of ammonia, which has fizz-creating CO2 as a by-product.And the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said the decision “couldn’t be worse” considering other strains on supply chains.READ MORE: Lad's hilarious doorbell cam confession to mum after arriving home 9 hours late from pubBBPA boss Emma McClarkin said: “This decision raises serious concerns for the sustainable supply of CO2 to the brewing and pub industry.“A guaranteed supply is essential for operations across pub and brewing businesses and this announcement comes at a time when they are already facing extreme cost rises that are threatening businesses and livelihoods across the country.”CF Fertilisers, one of our biggest CO2 producers, said it had no choice but to temporarily shut its plant, in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees.

Industry bosses have warned that pint prices could bump up again after already rising by nine percent over the last year.

There are now fewer pubs in England and Wales than there have ever been since records began. There are now less than 40,000 in all, the first time the number of pubs has ever dropped below that figure.

pub goers are going to have to spend more time searching for the perfect pint after it was revealed that there are 7,000 less pubs than 10 years ago.And the number of boozers has dropped below 40,000 in England and Wales, too, at just 39,970.According to a new study from real estate advisers Altus Group, most of the more recently closures have been blamed on Covid or the cost of living crisis coupled with eye-watering energy costs.READ MORE: New hangover pill to 'rapidly break down booze' goes on sale in the UK todayIn the next few months of 2021, 200 pubs closed in England and Wales, while the West Midlands saw the biggest drop of 28 closures in half a year.London and the East of England both lost 24 pubs each.Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, said: “When pubs are forced to close it’s a huge loss to the local community, and these numbers paint a devastating picture of how pubs are being lost in villages, towns and cities across the country.“As a sector we have just weathered the hardest two years on memory, and we now face the challenge of extreme rising costs, with only one in three hospitality businesses currently profitable.“It’s essential that we receive relief to ease these pressures or we really do risk losing more pubs year on year.”In 2020, according to ONS data, there were 58 pubs per 100,000 people in the UK.Regionally, there was some variation, but the South West had 75 pubs per 100,000 people, while London had 40.However, this has no led to higher unemployment in the sector.According to the Government, there was an increase in employment in pubs by 1% from 2001 to 2018.The data also shows employment in small pubs (employing fewer than 10 people) has fallen by 41%,

Mirror, this surge is the largest increase in five years - so you can add crying about the bill to your list as you’re drowning your sorrows.Brewery bosses have blamed the price hike on inflation, which is at a 30-year-high and has sent the cost of living to an all-time high. Pub owners fear this is just the latest death blow, after years of closures and coronavirus regulations hitting their businesses.

The cost of buying a pub meal, soft drink or hotel stay could become more expensive from April as VAT levels across the hospitality sector lift back to 20 per cent.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Pub bosses urged England fans to pack out the nation’s struggling boozers on what is set to be the busiest day for the country's pubs since the coronavirus pandemic began.With Three Lions fans effectively banned from attending the crunch Euro 2020 quarter-final against Ukraine in Rome, football supporters are being encouraged to watch the huge game in their local pub.It could prove a huge shot in the arm for the flailing industry and help to save many local pubs from closure.British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive Emma McClarkin said: “It was great to see England beat Germany and progress through to the quarter-finals of the Euros.“The team did our nation - and our pubs -

Euro 2020 is finally held this summer in a vital boost for the struggling industry.The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) is hopeful that the major tournament, with many of the games being held in London and Glasgow, will prove a major step on the road to the recovery. The industry has been one of the worst affected during the coronavirus crisis, with pubs being shut on multiple occasions for different lockdowns.

pubs won't reopen when allowed a week on Monday due to lockdown restrictions on beer gardens, an industry chief says.Just 40% of boozers in England will open their doors from April 12 as many won't have big enough outdoor space, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).And those that do open will be "loss-making" with extra pressures on staff collecting test and trace data, Emma McClarkin, BBPA chief executive said.She told BBC Breakfast that being outdoors will be “a huge restriction on capacity”. Guidance banning indoor payments will “complicate how we will serve people in venues...

lockdown-weary Brits have been looking forward to pubs reopening on April 12, it has now emerged that only around one in six boozers will be opening their doors on the glorious day.According to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), a lack of space for outdoor drinking will make it economically unviable for 83% of pubs to open.Calculations published by the BBPA say that although 75% of British boozers have a beer garden, or some other outside space for customers, less than half would have enough space to make opening up just for outdoor service economically worthwhile.Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the BBPA, says that the current plan represents a huge financial hit to landlords, and even pubs that do open their beer gardens on

Pub bosses say they will miss out on selling 14million pints for St Patrick’s Day this year due to lockdown restrictions.They warned the industry will lose a whopping £54million from the loss of beer sales in Britain on Wednesday, March 17, as boozers are shut.

pubs are set to close for good due to lockdown restrictions, a new report warns.

TV and music is not lifted by the Scottish Government, a trade body claims. The warning by the Scottish Beer and Pub Association adds to gloom in the licensed trade which has been hammered during the pandemic.

Glasgow is the slowest council for processing emergency coronavirus grants to pubs, according to new figures.

Britain's boozer could be about to close for good within days as coronavirus decimates the pub industry.

Coronavirus could kill off the UK's pub industry within days without "immediate and decisive" action, its leaders have warned.

pubs reopen. It’s been rumoured that Britain’s pubs will be re-opening on or around July 4, but other sources say it could be as late as August 3.As yet the government has yet to confirm either date and , the British Beer & Pub Association are getting worried.Here's the bad news.

UK pubs could be turned into Bavarian-style bierkellers to comply with social-distancing rules post-lockdown.