The Southport Drinker
The best pubs in Southport and district plus news and views from beer land

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Mitchells & Butlers deserve to go under

January 30, 2008

It’s hard to have sympathy with the Mitchells and Butlers pub chain.
M&B, who run several popular pubs in the area (such as The Crown (Birkdale), the Railway (Formby) and loads of Toby’s, Vintage and Ember Inns) are in dire straits after a gamble on the property and financial markets left them £391m out of pocket [...]