Corporate Advisory firm Ferrier Hodgson recently reported that only 69 per cent of regional pubs were confident about future trading profitability, yet the majority of pubs in the metropolitan were more optimistic.
Most of the country’s hospitality sector is booming, with pubs in metropolitan areas confident about future trading, whereas pubs in regional areas cited declining populations and the aging of hoteliers as part of the problem.
Source: HospitalityMagazine.com