02/04/2025
Aldwark Arms Notice:
To all our wonderful customers:
When we first took ownership of The Aldwark Arms in 2021, it was a dream come true for us.
We sold everything we owned and moved 12000 km’s across the sea to start a new chapter in our lives. As a family, we came in with our arms wide open and we were certainly welcomed and shown the greatest support and love by many.
We have met so many people along the way and made more than a few lovely friendships, we have loved celebrating birthdays, christenings, weddings, bonfires with everyone and the Yorkshire love has definitely been felt by all of us.
We took over a beautiful pub, unfortunately, the timing was not on our side when we took transfer in the middle of COVID. We fought through, then came the Ukraine war, and the energy crisis, the cost of living crisis, the staffing crisis, inflation increases but we still held firm.
Just when we thought we were over with the troubles, came the 10-month closure of the Aldwark Bridge which was our most significant contributor for us, as we lost 40% of our trade overnight. Even when the bridge eventually reopened, people had found new places to go, and new favourite venues to visit. Again, we struggled on to be hit with staffing issues that we cannot seem to get over coupled with recent rising costs of rates, water, electricity, food, NI contributions, minimum wage increases… the list goes on and on to a point that this is no longer a viable business and we have no option but to close our doors.
We will keep the bar open for a few nights from tonight to clear out our drink stock on hand (no need to waste good beer!)
Love Warren, Sue and Courtnee
