A landlord says pubs, bars and customers are effectively facing a 'tax on socialising' with the ever-rising cost of energy forcing boozers into passing on price hikes to the paying public.
Kallum Nolan, who runs The Crown in Middleton, said people traditionally measure how expensive other countries are by the price of a pint - and revealed he's had to make two cost increases at the taps in six months just to pay the bills. A four-pack from the supermarket, he argues, is now cheaper than a pint in some boozers.
Kallum - who hit out at 'greedy' energy firms in an expletive-laden but well received post on social media revealed by the Manchester Evening News - called pubs 'sacred' and the 'lifeblood' of communities.
