Pubs Under Threat

[lancsdave]

A BREWERY chain which owns a number of pubs in East Lancashire and employs 1,000 people in the North West is facing closure over an unpaid tax bill.
Cains Brewery, based in Liverpool, runs more than 100 pubs nationwide including The Last Orders in Blackburn, The Bee’s Knees in Accrington, The Last Orders in Nelson, The Brown Cow in Chatburn and The Printers in Oswaldtwistle.
HM Revenue and Customs has filed a petition for the company to be wound up because of money it claims they owe.

[lancsdave]

Is the Last Orders pub in Accy still called Last Orders and owned by the brewery mentioned above ?

[cashman]

hardly surprising, the smoking ban was the final nail in the coffin i reckon fer many. is the Last Orders in Accy one?

[Benipete]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

A BREWERY chain which owns a number of pubs in East Lancashire and employs 1,000 people in the North West is facing closure over an unpaid tax bill.
Cains Brewery, based in Liverpool, runs more than 100 pubs nationwide including The Last Orders in Blackburn, The Bee’s Knees in Accrington, The Last Orders in Nelson, The Brown Cow in Chatburn and The Printers in Oswaldtwistle.
HM Revenue and Customs has filed a petition for the company to be wound up because of money it claims they owe.

A Liverpool company owing tax,are you sure it's not a mistake.

I'll ring Ken Dodd in the morning,he'll sort it out

[Benipete]

Originally Posted by cashman

hardly surprising, the smoking ban was the final nail in the coffin i reckon fer many. is the Last Orders in Accy one?

Yes it is.

[lancsdave]

Just looked at Cains website and Accy Last Orders not listed.

[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by cashman

hardly surprising, the smoking ban was the final nail in the coffin i reckon fer many. is the Last Orders in Accy one?

Cashy....I used to think that a certain Yemini country was the arsehole of the the world. now I'ts got me thinking. Take control off these nerds before I'ts too late.
I mean the Government of course.

[lancsdave]

We'll have to wait for the expertise of Less or Mick for an answer I think

[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

We'll have to wait for the expertise of Less or Mick for an answer I think

I think that might be taking the pith...

[cashman]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Just looked at Cains website and Accy Last Orders not listed.

yer right dave, surprised me that. used to go in when it was the Royal n then the George,

[MargaretR]

Wasn't the pub next to the Palladium called Last Orders at some in the past few years?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

Wasn't the pub next to the Palladium called Last Orders at some in the past few years?

yep it was n before that was the "Printers" fer many years.

[Benipete]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

We'll have to wait for the expertise of Less or Mick for an answer I think

They don't go in there now.But I can confirm that there is some connection between Cairns and the Last Orders as they sell their ales.

[polly]

Last Orders in Blackburn should be renamed the Last Chance Saloon, seeing as so many of the regulars are banned in all other town centre pubs - no loss if that goes.
Now on a theoretical level if publicans were more responsible about who they serve I could see a good case for pubs being given tax subsidies as they are community facilities, but while they still serve under 18's and people that are already drunk that argument is not viable

[Benipete]

Originally Posted by polly

Last Orders in Blackburn should be renamed the Last Chance Saloon, seeing as so many of the regulars are banned in all other town centre pubs - no loss if that goes.
Now on a theoretical level if publicans were more responsible about who they serve I could see a good case for pubs being given tax subsidies as they are community facilities, but while they still serve under 18's and people that are already drunk that argument is not viable

Is that what we call the Star Wars bar