How to save village pubs: tax those who don’t use them - FT.com:
"If you want to know what estate agents think is the most important feature when they are selling the location of a rural property in Britain, take a look at the order in which they list the local amenities in the property blurb.
I’ve just checked the particulars of the house we ended up buying here in a Wiltshire village a couple of years ago: local schools and train stations with links to London are near the bottom; supermarkets and cinemas around about the middle; top of the list, in pride of place, the “Local Village Pub”.
And so it should be.
The one in our village-to-be was a classic with a lovely garden and even a babbling brook.
Unfortunately, between the estate agents putting together the brochure details and us moving in, the pub had closed down.
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