Steamin' Billy, the brewery company that's taken over my local, 'The Railway Hotel' in Hinckley, seems to be having problems.
The manager of one of its current outlets, the 'Steam Trumpet' in the Leicestershire village of Thornton, has apparently had enough and walked out. I've heard, though this is only hearsay, that he considers the deal he was on to be a total waste of time and effort. The brewery has now placed a notice on its website advising customers that opening hours are restricted for an indefinite period of time and there will be no food.
For anyone who's interested, the turnover is reported to have been around £212,000 in wet sales and £116,000 in food; the brewery are asking for an initial investment of approaching £40,000 for stock, f & f and so on, and the annual rent is £28,500. Nothing else is mentioned though, if the previous tenant's comments have been correctly reported, one might imagine there may be a little more to it.
We await further developments.
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