#small-business-closures

#small-business-closures

The study, highlighted by the Denver Business Journal, tracked a range of operating expenses, including labor and food costs, and found Denver's overall per-unit burden has now edged past New York's. The Feb. 27 piece points to menu price inflation and wage-driven cost spikes as the main forces behind the crossover.

"I'm angry, I'm really really angry now," Luke Honeychurch told me. We're standing in his beautiful Cotswolds stone pub, The Hog at Horsley. It is known for its well-kept local ales, from Stroud Brewery and good bar banter. But the landlord now has an alter ego on social media, "The Grumpy Landlord". Mr Honeychurch launched it after he discovered how much his business rates will rise. "At the moment we pay around 100 a month," he explained.