London suffers net loss of 40 pubs in a year, despite record high employment in sector

London suffered a net loss of around 40 pubs and bars last year, while at the same time employing a record high number of staff in the sector, new data reveals.

The 0.7 per cent fall in the number of pubs in the capital, despite a 4.3 per cent rise in employees, is explained by the demise of smaller pubs and the rise of larger ones.