Beer Engine homes threat
Published Date:
25 March 2008
A Wigan boozer could be the latest victim of Britain's pub slump - owners of JD's, formerly the Beer Engine in Poolstock, are threatening to sell it off for housing if no-one buys it.
It is believed four pubs a day are closing in Britain because of the effects of the smoking ban, economic decline and competition from cheap supermarket booze.
In Wigan, a raft of former favourites have been transformed into either restaurants or houses over the past few years.
London-based property agency Paramount Investments, which is selling the pub on behalf of the owners, say like many pubs they've struggled in recent years.
Paramount's managing director, Mark Greig, said: "The pub trade is going through troubled times. If no-one from the hospitality industry steps forward to buy The Beer Engine, it could cease to be a pub at all."
The Beer Engine is up for £595,000.
There has been a visible increase in the number of boarded-up pubs around town and conversions into restaurants.
The New Scholes Tavern and the Rock Ferry in Lower Ince are now Indian restaurants, the Bridgewater in Marsh Green is now a Chinese, The Minstrel in Hindley an Italian and the Prince of Wales in Hindley is also a restaurant.
The full article contains 215 words and appears in Wigan Evening Post newspaper.
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Last Updated:
25 March 2008 9:59 AM
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Source:
Wigan Evening Post
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Location:
Wigan
