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For anyone else who entered a US zip code and was confused by the ‘invalid zip code’ error: this is UK only.
Silly me, I entered an Austrian zip code out of principle. Did not expect it to work, though, of course.
Seems to be England only.
I like how the status values could be used as labels of economic wellbeing for people, too:

  Somehow Fine
  Feeling It
  Struggling
  Fucked
  Absolutely Fucked
Stealing this for error logging levels
Interest in context on "government pub rates". New tax scheme?
Find an English pub that needs you.
Wow a fantastic independent pub near where I used to live in London is seeing its rateable value go up 480%! This website really puts the headlines in to a nice local perspective.

It seems like the taxes only go up while the services get worse in the UK, although I’ve been away for 5 years now so maybe things improved.

The services have certainly not got better in the last 5 years. This Government is fiscally illiterate and has hit the top of the Laffer curve and is now trying to go down the other side.
Amateurs. One close to me is at an +821% increase in its tax bill and rateable value at 613%.
Here’s the Lamb and Flag in Oxford

https://www.ismypubfucked.com/pub/11447801200

> the Inklings, a literary group including J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, started meeting at The Lamb and Flag.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_%26_Flag,_Oxford

> On the way to an Inklings meeting, Lewis gave some money to a street beggar, and I made the usual objection: "Won't he just spend it on drink?" He answered, "Yes, but if I kept it, so would I."
> seeing its rateable value go up 480%!

Rateable value is based on what the market prices would be to rent that space. So, somebody is doing nicely apparently.

> It seems like the taxes only go up while the services get worse in the UK,

Same in the Netherlands

This might be the single most British website on the internet.

I wonder if there's an equivalent use case in the US.

brilliant website which manages to convey classic British humour on a classically British topic. Also shines much needed light on the very serious challenges independent British Pubs are undergoing - these are essential social institutions, social coherence is damaged every time one of these shut down.
Just getting a totally black map with anonymous coloured dots on both chrome and Firefox. The pub may or may not be fucked, but the website is.

(Yes I tried disabling all the dark settings, no difference)

The one near me which is absolutely fucked, as far as I'm concerned, deserves it.

Fighty customers, crap beer, odd opening hours, and half their food menu is off ("sorry mate, we've got no cheese"). Oh, and now their credit card terminal prompts customers for a tip!

I love a good pub, but most are crap.

Near me, the (nice but always too busy) Old Dairy is getting a cut, and the (mediocre Arsenal fan packed) Bank of Friendship and Arsenal Tavern are getting obliterated. God exists, and he supports Spurs!
People really struggle when given a link to a web site that isn't for them, huh.
No. It's when the web site doesn't say who it's for at all, that's when everybody struggles. And understandably so.
This is fascinating. How does "pub" not immediately scream British?

When I read stories I feel I can pick out US and UK instantly:

> Everyone is freaking out about ... - American

> ... has been Sacked from - British

> They negotiated a total sum of ... - British

> The ... is totally insane - American

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBRtbdVquWF/

Neither American nor from the UK, but I knew what this was about because it's possible to go online and seek out information. Neat.

What I didn't do was become some entitled see you next tuesday and complain that a .com should be reserved for the american audience and the site should use a .co.uk – As if american businesses don't utilise foreign TLDs to create cutesy URLs. Maybe now is a good time to note that the fashionable .AI TLD belongs to Anguilla, a British territory.

The fuck is that insta video have to do with this topic?!
Classic American exceptionalism.
Having watched two alcoholic family members die horribly, spurred on by functioning alcoholic friends whos only social interaction is at the pub through habit only, fuck 'em. Let them die.

We need better social spaces which do not have the token cost of drinks to use.

Great idea!

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/personal-finance/finance-expe... shows how little pubs make per pint, very sad.

If anyone's curious about cask beer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ud_eTwY4nc&list=PLyDTS7ZG3z... is a very interesting youtube video series by The Craft Beer Channel.

My grandparents were publicans 70+ years ago. Even they they made very little on beer. All the profit was spirits and software drinks. Probably food as well now.
> This is great for HMRC because it collects 10 times more than what the publican does

WTF.

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The UK government hates its populace, particularly its natives. Downvote all you want.
Broken - getting `ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR` when trying to open it in Chrome
The nearest "absolutely fucked" pub to me hasn't existed since 2008. I'd say they have bigger problems than a rates increase.
what is a "rateable value" here?
Property tax valuation.
Would be much more helpful if it indicated literally anywhere on the homepage that this was specific to the UK.

Being a .com as opposed to a .co.uk, you can't even tell from the domain.

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While this is cool to see, would be nice to see some indication of the nation specific context for those outside that nation... especially since it's the more generic .com tld instead of say .uk ...

Maybe even a Union Jack in the corner as a background image, or something.

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Nearest pub

2023 Rateable Value £13,800

2026 Rateable Value £12,250

Change -£3,300(-23.9%)

I guess "no" would be the answer then.

Nearest town has 3 pubs where rates are going down significantly and 4 where they're going up. I wonder why, is it that the previous setup was unfair to those who are seeing their rates going down?

The pub I do go to each week is seeing rates going up +£3,300. That's not as big an impact from yet another inflation busting minimum wage increase.

However the much bigger concern is that people will be scared to drive there. Currently you can drive there, have a pint, and then go home, and be confident you're not triggering the limit. They're reducing this limit, which means no more trip to the pub.

I'm sure it's fine in big cities where people live in walking distance.

Am I the only one that has no idea what this is talking about? Even the "About" section just dumps a ton of jargon about something being a problem for "pubs" - which, very unclear from the homepage, is actually talking about bars/places to drink beer/etc in the UK.

But again, now I know it's talking about that kind of pub, what is the actual issue? Some sort of rate being added to something? What rate? Is this related to a rating system? Taxes? Is it affecting the consumer? The owner?

So confused.

lol for so many negative points this question has, there sure is seemingly a lot of support too. I guess I found the divide in our community
Man, it's weird being an American sometimes.

I do not drink. I am half Irish and half German.

Drinking is a _very_ weird cultural artifact from our past. It doesn't improve your life, it has been scientifically proven to not 'help you relax', and there may in fact be no safe amount of alcohol to drink; all the pop-sci headlines that say 'one glass of wine a week may improve your health' are really about studies that put the safe max at one glass per week.

From what I can tell, the UK is no longer subsidizing what is effectively a criminal enterprise that is centuries old.

As a Brit (an actual one, not because my great great grandfather was one) I'd have to say that pub culture in the UK is not strictly about drinking alcohol at all. It's a social place to meet friends, play games, watch sport and hide from the weather.

Pubs won't question you if you ask for a lime and soda and they may even stop serving you if they think you've drunk enough.