A recent article in the Post might be of interest......
Have North Wales pubs still got pulling power?
The pub industry has suffered a tough few years amid high running costs and falling trade.
High taxes on beer, competition from supermarkets selling cheap alcohol and changing social habits have hurt the pub trade.
But it is not all doom and gloom and some shining exanples have shown that there is life left in the local when the offer is right.
The best pubs in North Wales according to The Good Pub Guide
One of those success stories has been the Albion pub in Conwy, opened with the backing of four local breweries.
Stuart Chapman-Edwards, landlord of the Albion in Conwy, said: “We were bold and stuck to our guns.
“We opened a place with no music, no Sky TV, no pool, stripping it back to the pubs people had been coming to for hundreds of years.
“People said it would not work and that drinkers wanted these things but we stuck with it and it has worked for us.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/north-wales-pubs-still-pulling-11699874