{"id":929672,"date":"2026-05-01T01:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/929672\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:16:15","slug":"two-uk-pub-chains-axed-along-with-3500-jobs-amid-rising-taxes-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/929672\/","title":{"rendered":"Two UK pub chains axed along with 3,500 jobs amid rising taxes &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPcEV0MUozSUc4TWpGRm1SdmpMakNjckZfN0F5VEFxR19pMWF6d05RYTBGeF9BWFZYcDJJZ19MbjVzell0Y1ZDaTRkajFaMy1Xd3NQSzEtR1gzeDN4SVlKWjNjRWJkSXJtOGs3a01lUkRLMGE4dFVtMlpJcGJDTHJGbUo2QXJoMzZzYVQ5cFBlLXgyMkRUNGFEa3FFOXNVQUpfWDJybjc3ZUpGTTB4Z3NqTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two UK pub chains axed along with 3,500 jobs amid rising taxes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE4wVWNsak84SDNVNFZ3Vmxha05acHBWYUxGMzBlX2RMR3NXQW05VUFqb0FoNWNKeUstM2FlMlNwWm8xTVFqY21kMEFlaFZweHg3QUd1MVhPU1BleWZP?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier Inn owner to cut 3,800 jobs in savings plan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4gFBVV95cUxPY29CWGNnRUlodXhMdFctd2JLaTlFdXpiOTFYbW12VlNpOWx6dkNzRVlGelREZDRNRVlXY0ltZHU3aVFiOGRvNzlwOFFhWEtlV0hWaDR6VzZPNW1ING9mN2RMWkU0Q3NCNkN5MkFEaGRJbHZKcjdMa3JEaHVDdmFsUjRFZFdvZ3hhUTc1TWkxMkM4V2VjaGYza3RSakNITnhObUFzVXdmQmJ3UnBhbWhjaVpsZ0VDYzdNazQwdFRVeWNtV25xejQ0UkItZ0hLNXE1VWFkT3U4YUE1bElicWRNRWJB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants to close, with loss of 3,800 jobs, Premier Inn owner says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxOWXlTZzFTQWMtNEVjcDMxWVJhdVBrUmx4UXE2NmtjMTdWczJ1OTRaOUthSVktQ3l4UFpGeWIwZ2pWcjF3M2hNeXNrQTFLazJNM2o3VExaaVNCZHlLSFJDMnJLV2NGVWRrQURIUWEyX21DOTVxTEJBeXBPeWMzb3V5SEpQOVhiSzZwdmJuNWdIX1RDWlAtWTNlX29NVUVPbDVZZFpIUnQwTGdiSmFQVGVjTGNWdzRDdFd0bnlaaV9uUXR6cDJSd0pGTlVBcmh1X2lkSDFqYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier Inn Owner Whitbread\u2019s Shares Drop Amid Plan to Sell, Lease Back $2 Billion in Property<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQTmV3engyckdmNktCU1VscENVbDJteXh5OFp1RG5iTGZYQXZRZXBabElIUlZnMlc3RTFHX0MwLXRWN1VvSnIzNDhIWDNSSkd6SHJZQjZ6RmY1LWFCb2xCNFBXbE04RFlvREQwWTN6RWlvRmpUUERDcGVUMGRWNG82TFRsRkhBakduX3Z5S3FFUU5xdWNmVTR0WW1Kc0k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier Inn and Beefeater owner blames tax rises for cutting nearly 4,000 jobs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two UK pub chains axed along with 3,500 jobs amid rising taxes&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard Premier Inn owner to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[260181,51,13465,16,15,69830],"class_list":{"0":"post-929672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-beefeater","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-high-street","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-whitbread"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116496681347816862","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}