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Jacob Phillips

Award-winning north London pub survives 'by the skin of its teeth' as locals fundraise to keep it open

An award-winning folk venue in King’s Cross has survived “by the skin of its teeth” after having to find £99,000 in backdated rent from the pandemic.

The Harrison Pub was locked in a four-year battle with its landlords, the Wellington Pub Company, over rent payments and was asked to pay just shy of six figures following a High Court battle.

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