Wetherspoons has announced the closure of 19 of its pubs, with a further 35 added to the market amid the cost of living crisis.
The pub chain are to shut 19 pubs around the country, with many more under threat as the company faces financial difficulty due to rising costs.
A further 35 pubs have been put on the market as they face lower demand from customers who face financial pressure.
It was reported the pub company's sales fell by 1.1% on November 6, 2022, compared to trading before the pandemic in 2019.
The cost of living crisis has also hit other pub chains within the UK, including Stonegate, who operates the Slug and Lettuce and Be At One brand, according to Bloomberg.
Other bars, such as Revolution is closing on Mondays and Tuesdays to cut energy costs.
Wetherspoons are to shut 19 pubs around the country.
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The British Beer and Pub Association revealed 4,500 pubs in the UK were on the brink of reducing trading hours over winter.
In September, 2022, Wetherspoons made the "commercial decision" to add a number of its pubs up for sale due to previous warnings of rising staff wages and repairs.
A full list of pubs closing in February are listed below:
Airside Doncaster Airport – Running Horse
Basildon – Moon on the Square
Bodmin – Chapel an Gansblydhen
Bootle – Wild Rose
Lee Green – Edmund Halley
Orpington – Harvest Moon
Taunton – Coal Orchard
Wick – Alexander Bain
Worcester – Postal Order
Wrexham – North and South Wales Bank
The 35 other pubs for sale are located all over the UK.
Barnsley – Silkstone Inn
Battersea – Asparagus
Bexleyheath – Wrong ‘Un
Cheltenham – The Bank House
Crediton – General Sir Redvers Buller
Derby – Thomas Leaper
East Ham – Millers Well
Eltham – The Bankers Draft
Fareham – Lord Arthur Lee
Forest Gate – Hudson Bay
Forest Hill – Capitol
Fraserburgh – The Saltoun Inn
Halifax – The Percy Shaw
Hammersmith – Plough and Harrow
Hanham – Jolly Sailor
Harrow – Moon on the Hill
Hove – Cliftonville
Islington – Angel
Loughborough – The Moon and Bell
Loughton – Last Post
Mansfield – The Widow Frost
Middlesbrough – Resolution
New Ferry – The John Masefield
Palmers Green – The Alfred Herring
Peebles – The Cross Keys
Purley – Foxley Hatch
Redditch – The Rising Sun
Romford – Worlds Inn
Sevenoaks – Sennockian
Southampton – Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis
Stafford – The Butlers Bell
Turnpike Lane – Tollgate
Watford – The Colombia Press
West Bromwich – The Billiard Hall
Willenhall – The Malthouse
Wetherspoons are to shut 19 pubs around the country.
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A JD Wetherspoon spokesperson said: "Only one other pub The Sir John Stirling Maxwell in Glasgow had been added to the previously published list."