Drastic drop in takings.
I was working across three different city centre pubs, two social clubs and a small out of town pub when the ban came in (Cellar maintenance and a few other bits.) The city centre pubs lost about 20% of their gross revenue revenue when the ban was implemented, the social clubs lost about 45% (Although their customers were dying off rapidly anyway) Within a year, the small out of town pub was closed by the brewery and the site sold to be converted to flats.
( Muns, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 13:48, Reply)