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Afterwork pints at pubs just like this
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will contribute 28.9 billion pounds to
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the UK economy in 2025. That is
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according to new research from the CBR
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in association with Heineken. And we're
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here to talk to Tim Skinner who is the
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publican here at the Devonshire Arms
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about just how important afterwork
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drinks are to his business and to the
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economy more broadly. There's a whole
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generation of people who are working now
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that have started during the pandemic
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that have never been into the office,
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let alone into the pub, maybe not even
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met their colleagues. And it's such an
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important thing for society to have that
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connection. And that's what pubs are
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for. Historically, we've always been the
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place that people come to connect, have
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a chat, have a debrief, talk about
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things, not just about business, but get
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Obviously, we're only a couple of weeks
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away from the budget now. Hospitality is
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a hot button issue and it's a sector
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which has really struggled over the last
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year or so. What's your message to
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Rachel Reeves ahead of the next couple
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I would like there to be a level of
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understanding of the hospitality
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industry and at the moment I can't see
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any examples that there is any
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understanding of this industry and what
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it does and how it supports the economy.
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the amount of people that we employ,
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young people, first jobs, back to
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workers, the amount of revenue that we
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collect for the government in taxes,
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VAT, business rates, employment tax,
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corporation tax, more so the effect that
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we have on the communities that we
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serve. And without pubs within this
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country, society won't be the
