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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Hamish Morrison

Reputational damage adding to BrewDog’s woes as energy crisis hits hospitality industry

BrewDog founders James Watt, left, and Martin Dickie

BREWDOG – the country’s largest craft brewery – announced the closure of six of its UK pubs last week in a fiery statement which slammed the “clueless Government” for failing to take action on rapidly spiralling costs.

Soaring energy prices are ­threatening the existence of pubs across the country as the ­Government fails to get a grip on the cost of living crisis. But ­BrewDog has a raft of ­other headaches which could have ­contributed to its shock ­announcement on Wednesday it was closing around 20% of its UK ­locations, observers have suggested.

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