Edinburgh’s student bars are experiencing a roaring trade, bucking the national trend of union boozers being in decline.

The Student’s Association says students appear to be responding to the bars now being seen as good value for money after the reduction in prices at the start of semester one.

EUSA Vice-President for Services James Wallace also decided to postpone passing on the increase in VAT to customers for as long as possible.  

Wallace told The Student: “Teviot is now becoming that social hub at the centre of student life with events spreading throughout the building. The Lounge is proving a fantastic success, and societies are highlighting how they are at the heart of our community.

“The reduction of drinks prices and the freezing of the VAT increase to students are proving to be highly successful in establishing ourselves as a responsible venue while providing value for money.”

He continued: “I hope that the rest of the semester in Teviot continues with the success that it has started with.”

Other student union bars around the UK have recently been forced to close after local competitors were able to undercut their prices.

Bristol University Student’s Union had their bar and shop driven out of business by local supermarkets last year, and Aberdeen University lost its last student union pub in 2008.

The National Union of Students reports that takings from union bars around the UK are half what they were ten years ago.

Published 26 January 2010

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