Are chains killing independent pubs?

We ask the people of Cardiff about whether they think chain pubs are getting in the way of independents, or whether they can all exist together.

Transcript

00:00So pub trade is dying out. I was a waitress in a really popular one and there is somebody that

00:05sort of bought up a lot of the pubs around there. It's not so much a visible chain but you do find

00:11people with money will buy them up and it creates lesser opportunities for maybe

00:16other people that live there. So I do see it as a problem and look at Weatherspoons,

00:22the way they treated their staff over the lockdown. Clearly with chain pubs, if I might

00:26use Weatherspoons as an example, I don't particularly use them because I fundamentally

00:33disagree with the political stance of the owner. That said, certainly where I live in Penarth,

00:38it provides a community hub and also reasonably priced drinks in pubs. I think the problem is

00:46pints are so expensive and I don't think many people have a positive opinion on chain pubs.

00:54I don't think they're standing in the way. I think there's other barriers stopping independent pubs.