THE number of pubs being knocked down or converted has rocketed by 50 per cent.
Two boozers a day are being lost, sparking calls for help on business rates.
Official stats show 230 pubs disappeared in three months to June 30 – a rise from 153 in the previous quarter.
The six-month total of 383 in England and Wales is almost as many as the 386 that went throughout the whole of 2022.
In the first half of 2023, Wales lost the most, 52, with London and North West regions each seeing 46 vanish, according to property experts at Altus Group.