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Jeremy Clarkson reveals staggering costs of keeping his Farmers Dog

December, 24, 2024-03:55

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Jeremy Clarkson reveals staggering costs of keeping his Farmers Dog:

has revealed the swingeing costs involved in keeping his Farmer's Dog pub open - as he blamed 'Starmer's Britain' for pushing up prices.The TV presenter says it is 'nigh-on impossible' to make profits at the venue in Oxfordshire despite it being rammed within an hour of first opening in August.He has outlined the burden imposed by a blend of thefts by customers, heating bills, parking and traffic marshal costs and payments to staff which have been hiked by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government.TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson opened his Farmer's Dog pub in Oxfordshire in August this year - he has now gone into detail about the swingeing costs involved in keeping it running

In her Budget on October 30, Chancellor Rachel Reeves increased National Insurance contributions from employers on wages from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent, starting in April.She also announced that the National Living Wage - for those aged 21 and over - would rise from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour that same month.Pub groups have been among her critics, warning venues were already under pressure amid widespread closures and that many more would now go bust.And former Top Gear host Clarkson, 64, has expressed his dismay at the heavy price he has to pay to keep his bar up and running despite attracting plenty of custom at its location in Burford, not far from his Diddly Squat Farm.He described behind the scenes at the Farmer's Dog as a 'total disaster', with not only glasses being stolen but also toilets breaking down and traffic chaos outside.

He wrote in his latest Times column how the volume of theft was 'extraordinary', saying: 'People seem to have it in their heads that if they come in for a pint they are entitled to go home with the glass in which it was served. Last Sunday 104 went missing.'And that cost must be added to the £100 a day we spend on fuel for the generator, the £400 a week it costs to provide warmth on the terrace and the £27,000 a month we must spend on parking and traffic marshals to keep the council off our back.'And that's before you get to the cost of employing people in Starmer's Britain these days.'Clarkson - who last week welcomed Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch to the Farmer's Dog - told readers that running the pub required 'much effort' for 'little money' in return. Clarkson added: 'It's galling to see how much effort is required to make so little money on the farm. It's worse at the pub.'The customers are coming. There's no problem there. But turning their visits into a profit is nigh-on impossible.'