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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joe Middleton

A shot in the arm: pubs to sell 15m pints when England play Senegal

England fan drinks beer in a pub
Around 9.2m pints were sold in pubs across the UK when England played Wales on Tuesday. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

A nation will hold its breath on Sunday as England play Senegal in the knockout stages of the World Cup in Qatar, and nowhere more so than in the country’s pubs.

An industry that has been battered by a toxic cocktail of rocketing energy bills, food inflation, staff shortages, rising wages and rail strikes is pinning its hopes on progress for England in the tournament providing a much-needed boost.

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