Worth noting the circle of "pubs that light on fire" and "flat roofed 1970s slum pub" almost entirely overlap. Nobodies setting fire to their thatched-roof pub from 1650 because of pub rates. They just change hands through the breweries every 3-4 years now.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat-roofed_pub
hdgvhicv|1 month ago
More profitable to convert the pub into a house and sell it that to actually run a pub.
jimnotgym|1 month ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq87x44ey9po