{"id":550274,"date":"2026-04-25T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550274\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:50:34","slug":"lakes-distillery-to-cut-15-jobs-as-it-shuts-cumbria-shop-and-bistro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550274\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakes Distillery to cut 15 jobs as it shuts Cumbria shop and bistro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More than a dozen people have lost their jobs after a whisky company decided to close its restaurant and shop, as well as end tours of its distillery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lakes Distillery in Cockermouth, Cumbria, said about 15 jobs were being cut at its Brand Home site, where it housed its bistro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The company, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c7220p97g93o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bought by the Nyetimber Group<\/a> in 2024, said the business had suffered from changes in consumer spending habits and the rising cost of living.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Financially subsidising this part of the business has been diverting funds away from the core financial objectives and growth plans for The Lakes,&#8221; a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a dozen people have lost their jobs after a whisky company decided to close its restaurant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-550274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}