The licensees say the village will lose its social heart and they face becoming homeless.
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The couple lost a case against their landlords, The Wellington Pub Company, which is demanding £71,000.Mr Holden and Ms Ahrens, who also live at the pub near Melton Mowbray, said they faced being made homeless, as well as jobless, when their lease was terminated.The couple said they had been in a dispute with the firm over rents since March 2020 when lockdown forced them to close the business.
The couple said they could not afford an extra £3,000 a month, plus £5,000 a month in continuing rent, and that the decision had left them "heartbroken" and "devastated". "I think the reality is that probably nobody will ever re-open this pub again. I really hope I'm wrong," she added.Mr Holden said: "We moved into an empty pub that was dead and brought it back to life. We got it to be the heart of the village.
He said Wellington's lawyers had already sent letters demanding money, adding: "We expect them to make us bankrupt and at that point we lose the pub."Pubs Advisory Service, set up to resolve rent disputes from the pandemic, has supported about 60 businesses nationally to claim rent support through the government arbitration process.
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