ANOTHER pub in York has closed and is looking for new managers.

The Brigadier Gerard in Monkgate has signs in the window stating: "Run this pub. Management couple required."

It says a live-in joint position is needed at the catering pub, with a 'good' salary and a rent-free flat provided, with utility bills paid by the brewery.

A local couple is preferred, who will have to pay a £1,000 bond to the brewery.

The pub is understood to have closed earlier this year. It won very good reviews on Trip Advisor through 2022, with one customer posting: "Very large public house in prime condition. Beautifully decorated and friend staff at this Samuel Smiths establishment. Well kept beer , Great atmosphere."

Another posted: "The pub was spotless, with great staff, proper home made food," while a third said: "The Brigadier Gerard Pub is a great pub I always look forward to visiting on any trip to York I take."

But someone else who visited earlier this month posted: "Arranged to meet family but pub appears to be shut due to managers leaving. Another one bites the dust."

Other Samuel Smith's pubs in the York area which are looking for managers include the Ebor at Bishopthorpe, which has been closed since its landlord, Gordon Watkins, died in February 2021.

Also seeking managers are the Six Bells at Strensall, the Tankard Inn in Rufforth, the Sun Inn at Long Marston and the Shoulder of Mutton at Appleton Roebuck.

In York itself, the York Arms in High Petergate has been closed since July 2019, despite a constant search for new managers.

The Brown Cow in Hope Street, off Walmgate, is another Samuel Smith's pub which has faced a lengthy closure and search for new managers.

Samuel Smith's Brewery does not comment to the media.

The Press reported last week that the Bay Horse at Fulford - not a Samuel Smith's pub - had closed and would not be re-opening, and the hospitality industry generally is under huge pressure because of rising costs and custom being affected by the cost of living crisis.

The Victoria, situated on the corner of Heslington Road and Cemetery Road, has also closed its doors - but it looks set to reopen later under new management.

More than 32 pubs are reported to have disappeared from communities in England and Wales each month in 2022 as rocketing energy bills and staffing pressures forced businesses to shut for the final time.

Analysis of official government data by real estate adviser Altus group found the overall number of pubs fell by 386 during the year.