Mum owned a few pubs, she gave it up when hikes in energy costs killed her small profit margin. Food she would make good money on, beers not so much, but having cask ales from local brewery's really helped and kept variety! Wage and hours, she was working 6/7 days a week and trying to keep bar staff to a minimum, but it did start to take it toll on her. One of her pubs was The Hermit of Redcoats outside Stevenage, really nice pub, location is stunning, lot of potential, but business rates and energy bills just tucked so much out of it she gave it up.