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Ignacio Cabras

Ignacio Cabras

Professor of Regional Economic Development at Northumbria University; expert on pubs' economic and social value.

Jun 22, 2026

14:36
What is the report found around the social value of pubs? Ignacio, do you want to give us that?
14:42
Yes, well, thank you very much for having me here.
14:45
Basically, this report is very important because it's the first time that we tried to measure this value with such granularity.
14:51
Before, as John said, there was a lot of saying about the value of pubs within local communities, but it was mainly based on anecdotal evidence, stories, narratives, which are fine, but when you attach a figure to that particular story, that's when it becomes important, and that's exactly what the report does.
15:08
So, you mentioned 1.3 million, which is the contribution of average pubs into the local communities.
15:13
This is a very important figure, but I would like to stress the importance of pubs in stimulating activities, stimulating relationships, stimulating things that otherwise wouldn't be there in the local community.
15:24
We managed, for example, to understand how much these activities were worth in our community.
16:04
Were there any surprises in the report? Were there things that made you sort of think again? I mean, tell us about that.

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