The co-owner of A Hoppy Place in Windsor has said small businesses are facing 'pressure after pressure' following a decision to close the micropub and craft beer shop next month. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Mr Hayward said the award-winning Windsor site will close in March as it is ‘already running at a loss’ and increasing costs were the ‘final straw’. Mr Hayward said weekly revenue in Windsor ‘is some 20 per cent down on what it was in 2019’. The team considered closing the Windsor venue at this time last year, but ‘chose to keep pushing on with it’, Mr Hayward said. However, after more than six years of ‘fantastic events’ and memories, the Windsor venue will host a ‘big party’ on its last day of trading on Saturday, March 21.

Source: Express February 19, 2026 00:56 UTC