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The Return of the Pubs?

A few years ago all we'd hear about the pub industry was that it was in steep decline.

At its worst just last year the British Pub Association said that up to 29 pubs were shutting down every week in the UK. Closures were being blamed on things like high taxes on beer, competition from supermarkets selling cheap alcohol and changing demographics. But now a number of landlords in Leicestershire have told us that the rot has stopped, and things are actually looking quite promising thanks to them taking new approaches to their business. There's been the rise of the micro brewery, the micro pub, tastes have changed, and the pub going experience is a lot different.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Leicester's Nisha Chopra has been finding out more.

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