A cautionary tale.

My local recently had a total refit, re-opening with smoking allowed in the games room only. For the first month or so, it began to attract new clientelle while losing none of the smoking fraternity. However, the lacklustre tenant has been given the boot because he has failed to make the more stringent profits required by the refit.

It seems the new tenant was warned that the smoking ban "might" have been the problem, so she has re-introduced smoking in the bar area. The result? The new clients have gone and the same smokers have colonised the rest of the pub.

Meanwhile, the new tenant has sacked the (rather good) chef but can't put her own in for three weeks. So many diners are being turned away.

Bet Forest has a good time with that one in their lies, damn lies and statistics.

The Skin