"A beer and a tenner, please"
In the old days if you were strapped for a bit of cash, you ran up a tab with your local publican. These days you cut out the publican and use a cash machine instead. But not the one down at the other end of the High Street but the one inside the pub. Punch Taverns, which is one of the biggest pub operators in the UK, is putting cash machines in 100 more of its pubs, after negotiating a bulk-buy deal with the manufacturer, Hanco of Milton Keynes. According to media reports, trials in 20 Punch outlets saw a 4.5 per cent rise in beer sales, as customers withdrew an average £40 and then spent £3.60 of that in the pub. The £1.50 fee charged each user means that pubs need only two people a day to use the machines to cover the £20 rent..
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