why we built Divvy ↓
Keep the round alive
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£6.55 for a pint in London. £5.34 across the UK — up 17p in a year.
The Morning Advertiser's survey, May 2026
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48% of British drinkers now buy their own drinks. Only 38% still do rounds.
YouGov, 2025
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Only 4 in 10 of us are comfortable talking to friends about money.
Money and Pensions Service
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Two pubs close every day — 161 of them in three months.
British Beer and Pub Association, Q1 2026
“It's a great tradition, but a pint has become too expensive for many to buy rounds.”
The Dutch have Tikkie. Germany marks your beers on the beermat. Britain gets Divvy. Keep the round alive — just split it fairly.
How Divvy works
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1. Start a session
At your pub — pick the venue, invite the table.
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2. Log the rounds
As they're bought — whoever's buying taps it in.
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3. Settle up fairly
Who owes whom, fewest transfers, no maths at the bar.
What else Divvy handles
the awkward bits, mostly
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The night
- Crews for the regulars you drink with
- Mates without the app still get counted
- Log rounds as they’re bought
- It remembers what everyone drinks
- Run a shared kitty
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The bill
- Run a tab, or pay the bar as you go
- Scan the receipt and check the bill
- Split itemised, or just split the total
- Evenly, or by what you actually drank
- Someone leaving early settles their bit
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The tab that carries over
- What’s still owed stays on the crew tab
- Costs from before the pub go on the night’s bill
- Pay someone back, and they confirm it
- Settle a bit at a time
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Your pubs
- See what your local actually charges
- What pubs near you charge for a pint
- Check in and keep a record of your locals
Works offline in a beer cellar · nothing to install — it runs in the browser
Run a pub?
Your regulars are already here — see what's happening at your bar. Claim your venue, publish your menu and prices, and see what nearby pubs charge — free. Prices come from real sessions and real receipts, so your listing stays honest.
Prefer to talk first? Email us — jason@divvy.pub
pubs worth keeping ↓
Keep the local alive
Two pubs close every day. Some people are doing something about it — here are two of them.
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Buy a piece of your local
Some communities are buying their pubs outright. Regulars at The Trafalgar in South Wimbledon have set up a community benefit society to buy the freehold, and anyone can take a share.
savethetraf.co.uk -
The trade's ask on tax
Pubs pay 20% VAT on every pint. UKHospitality, the BBPA and most of the big pub companies are campaigning to cut that to 10%, in line with much of Europe. The chef Tom Kerridge is fronting it.
vatstheproblem.co.uk
We love pubs. They are the heart of our community and bring people of all walks of life together. They are part of our history and culture, and they help people stay connected. Divvy is trying to do its bit to help — and you can too, by supporting these campaigns. Click the links to find out more.