27/10/2023
Official statement from the Real Brewing Company
It is with regret that we must announce The Pointing Dogs is to closed with immediate effect as a result of Real Brewing Pub Company entering administration.
The brewery will not be affected, our sister sites The Hole in the Wall & NOTSA will also continue under Derby Brewing ownership
It has been an extremely challenging trading environment over the last couple of years, including the pandemic, increased loan burdens on the back of this, ongoing recruitment challenges, soaring interest rates, supplier cost increases, cost of living crisis resulting in reduced trade and huge increases in the cost base with uncapped energy contracts. In spite of these challenges we had a plan in place to continue to steer through this however the business has HMRC arrears predominantly from the pandemic, like many in the industry, the HMRC had been working with us however this recently changed and the debt was demanded to be paid back within a short period, which meant the we could no longer continue to trade.
We are at least pleased that staff members will all be paid and we wish them all the best for the future and we would like to thank our customers for their custom.
