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The young pub bosses reviving the British boozer

A new generation's plan to preserve a cultural institution in decline.

For decades we鈥檝e been warned about the demise of the British pub, but despite this the number of young people signing up to run them appears to be rising.

Pubs have been the cornerstone of UK communities for centuries, but around a quarter of them have closed in the last decade - taxes, cheap alcohol in supermarkets, and the smoking ban are often blamed.

But that鈥檚 not putting off people in their twenties and thirties from taking them on. Emily Thomas is in the pub with three young publicans - Elliott Dickinson, Laura Field, and Liam Holyoak-Rackal, to find out why.

Can they be in it for the money, or is it something else - what exactly is the lure of the traditional British pub? And how do you encourage more young people to drink in them, without losing the customers who鈥檝e been propping up the bar for decades?

(Photo left-to-right: Elliott Dickinson, Liam Holyoak-Rackal and Laura Field. Credit: 成人快手)

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