I would hate to lose this pub, but I can't help feeling that it's doomed. The last six or seven landpersons haven't been able to make a go of it as a folk pub, a food pub, a rock pub...

The large amount of money demanded up front by Enterprise Inns from anybody taking it on means that it has to start making money on sales from day one. If anyone asked me about taking it on without they had an amazing business plan and lots of money behind them - I'd advise them against it.