UK: Pub closures no bad thing - Coors CEO
By Chris Mercer | 5 March 2009
A quarter of UK pubs are likely to disappear over the next decade, but this is "no bad thing" for the beer industry, according to the CEO of Carling lager producer Coors Brewers.
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A quarter of UK pubs are likely to disappear over the next decade, but this is "no bad thing" for the beer industry, according to the CEO of Carling lager producer Coors Brewers.
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