More than 50 pub insurance holders are being forced out of business every week, it has been claimed.
According to figures from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), closures have reached the rate of 52 a week, or more than seven each day.
In addition, the organisation claimed that 2,377 pub insurance customers have closed their doors in last 12 months, resulting in around 24,000 jobs being cut.
The figures also show that 5,134 pub insurance holders have stopped trading over the past three years, bringing the number of establishments in the UK down from 58,600 in the year before the Licensing Act came into force to 53,466 today.
David Long, BBPA chief executive, commented: "The recession is proving extremely tough for Britain's pubs. However, those economic pressures have been made much worse by a government that has continued to pile on tax and regulatory burdens."
The organisation called on the government to pay more attention to the pub sector and to extend to it the same support it does other industries.
Earlier this month, the Federation of Small Businesses said that rural enterprises such as pubs, shops, post offices and petrol stations need help from the government if they are to avoid closure.
