{"id":210285,"date":"2026-02-11T15:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=210285"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:03:37","slug":"are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=210285","title":{"rendered":"Are Britain\u2019s independent pubs doomed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2025 has been a year of diverging fortunes for pubs. Listed pub chains \u2013 particularly those with a strong presence in London \u2013 are reporting record sales, buoyed by higher consumer spending and increased footfall as workers return to their offices. Independent pubs, meanwhile, are closing at the fastest rate this century&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 has been a year of diverging fortunes for pubs. Listed pub chains \u2013 particularly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lse-mrkt"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed.jpg",1200,800,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210285-are-britains-independent-pubs-doomed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=26\" rel=\"category\">London Market<\/a>","tag_info":"London Market","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/210286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}