pub

1. Chiefly Brit a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals

2. Austral and NZ a hotel

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PUB

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PUBlishing. A 1972 text-formatting language for TOPS-10, with syntax based on SAIL. Influenced TeX and Scribe. ["PUB: The Document Compiler", Larry Tesler, Stanford AI Proj Op Note, Sept 1972].

PUB

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/pub, the top-level, publicly accessible directory on most anonymous FTP archives. This is usually where the interesting files are. See pubic directory.

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Meanwhile, more than half of those who opt for real ale say they have made one new friend as a direct result of visiting the pub, the report for the Campaign for Real Ale society (Camra) claimed.

Real ale drinkers most likely to make friends in Scottish pubs

Campaigners say duty, unfair business and VAT contribute number of pub d ill h "Sadly, pubs that tend to be smaller are less equipped to absorb the considerable cost pressures all pubs face.

THE DEATH OF THE LOCAL PUB

It is launching a new menu featuring pub classics including a traditional roast dinner.

Great Deal as pub revamped

New Office for National Statistics data shows the country has lost nearly 700 pubs and bars since the turn of the century.

Quarter of pubs close as time is called on locals

THE number of pubs in the UK has fallen by 22% over the past two decades: from around 50,000 in 2008, to 39,000 in 2018.

It's not quite time gentlemen please just yet but pubs facing a long-term battle to survive

The areas where pub numbers have held up - or even increased - include several popular tourist areas, such as Highland in Scotland, Ceredigion in West Wales, and South Lakeland, as well say that closure"huge loss" to communities as many seaside towns like Scarborough, Blackpool and Brighton.

CLOSING TIME AT THE PUB; Bigger chains are taking over as smaller locals shut up shop

Bigger chains are taking over as smaller locals shut up shop MORE than 11,000 UK pubs and bars have closed in the last decade, as bigger chains force smaller locals out of business.

CLOSING TIME AT THE PUB

quarter of closing in the we need to act our pubs extinction Stainer In Coventry, a similar trend has been seen, with the average pub employing 10 staff in 2018, up from six in 2008.

A third of city pubs have closed down in last decade; DESPITE THE LOSS MORE PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN THE INDUSTRY AS VENUES EVOLVE

"The pub property companies and pub companies are the ones making all the money - I am only still here because I am locked into a contract."

Merseyside pubs are closing at an unprecedented rate. But why? We visited some of Liverpool's legendary little boozers top find out how they are doing; We visited some of Liverpool's legendary little boozers top find out how they are doing

The situation has been reflected across the West Midlands, where 25% of pubs and bars have closed in the last ten years.

Revealed: The "shocking" loss of pubs in Coventry; The situation has been reflected across the West Midlands, where 25% of pubs and bars have closed in the last ten years

The Oaklands in Chester, The Rake in Little Stanney and The Hungry Horse at Cheshire Oaks is advertising the dream job for pub goers and calling for a local spokesperson to represent the pub company in return for a [pounds sterling]500 salary.

The pubs in your area that want to PAY you [pounds sterling]500 to drink beer and watch sport; The Pub-licist is actually a dream job