News Archive
Free computer skills training in pubs
25-Jan-2012
Pub is The Hub has joined forces with Lancashire County Council in their Local Community Services Champions initiative to provide free computer classes to absolute beginners.
Pints pies and postal orders
18-Jan-2012
A scheme to help rural Cornish pubs to branch out into new services was launched yesterday at The Cornish Arms in St Merryn, near Padstow.
Jill Stein supports Pub is The Hub in Cornwall
10-Jan-2012
Jill Stein will help Pub is The Hub host the launch of a new Local Community Services Champions initiative for Cornwall in January. The scheme, which launched in 2011 aims to help pubs become local service champions.
Rural Pubs Serving More Than Just Drinks
05-Jan-2012
John Longden, chief executive of Pub is The Hub features in a special report from Gerard Tubb, North of England correspondent for Sky News.
South Norfolk's top pub wins £1,000 for the community
07-Oct-2011
Customers are raising a glass to Coldham Hall at Surlingham after it scooped a top award from South Norfolk Council and £1,000 to host a community event.
CAMRA Whats Brewing - Pubs Good For you
01-Sep-2011
A DRINK and a meal in a well-run pub would improve the lot of elderly people living in isolated communities according to North Yorkshire County Council's Beverley Maybury.
Morning Advertiser - Second Community Champions programme launched
27-Jul-2011
Pub is the Hub has launched its second Community Champions programme in Suffolk. The scheme, which launched in March in Essex, aims to help pubs become local community service champions.
CAMRA What's Brewing - Extra roles for rural pubs key to a healthy community
14-Jul-2011
People living in rural communities are happier and better off if their pub offers more than food and drink.
Morning Advertiser - Licensees laud Pub is the Hub scheme
17-Jun-2011
A large majority of licensees would recommend a Pub is the Hub scheme to other pubs, because it can benefit the wider community, while also diversifying and providing benefits to the business.
Inapub - Pub is the Hub gets top marks
14-Jun-2011
A scheme to support communities and help pubs diversify their businesses has been given a resounding thumbs-up in an independent survey.
Morning Advertiser - Pubs 'a good option for libraries'
13-Jun-2011
More pubs could be set to add library services to their roster under radical proposals currently being considered by ministers
CAMRA WHAT'S BREWING - The Only Way is Essex for Pubs
01-May-2011
Pub is The Hub has strengthened its operation in Essex with the launch of a rural pubs iniatitive in the county.
Morning Advertiser - 'Lottery funding can help pubs diversify'
30-Mar-2011
Licensees of rural pubs have been urged to look at the opportunities to improve their businesses via lottery funding.
Morning Advertiser - Prince Charles: pub closures damage rural life
24-Mar-2011
Prince Charles has sent out a stern warning that the closure of village pubs will severely damage rural life.
Morning Advertiser - Communities eye pubs
25-Feb-2011
Pub is the Hub has reported a big increase in the number of community groups wanting to take on pubs.
Business Link East - Reversing the decline of rural services through an innovative partnership placing pubs at the hub of local communities
01-Feb-2011
Rising to the challenge of declining rural services, Business Link, Pub is the Hub, Suffolk County Council and the East of England Development Agency joined forces in an innovative partnership to provide tangible, targeted and timely support to rural pubs and services. Their successful campaign could now act as a nationwide template.
Morning Advertiser - 43-strong community group take on Punch pub
06-Jan-2011
A Punch leased pub in Lincolnshire has been taken on by 43 members of a local community committed to keeping their local pub running.
Morning Advertiser - Making business rates less taxing for pubs
17-Dec-2010
Business rates are the third-largest cost for many small companies, but how are rates set and how can you ensure you aren’t paying over the odds? Phil Mellows reports.
BII Business Licensee Profile - Yorkshire's Finest
25-Nov-2010
A failing restaurant in a tiny village in the heart of Sam Smith country – not ideal for your first pub, surely? Try telling that to this industrious local couple. Andrew Pring ABII reports
Morning Advertiser - Leaders hold trade talks with senior Government figures
18-Nov-2010
FLVA leaders have been forging links with top figures in the coalition Government.
Morning Advertiser - Essex Council to help local pubs
04-Nov-2010
Essex County Council is putting its hands in its pockets to help local pubs that want to diversify – despite the severe cuts in local government financing.
The Publican - Council offers pubs £5,000 to diversify
03-Nov-2010
Essex licensees get incentive to introduce extra services.
Morning Advertiser - Pubs could use £1.3bn funding for post offices
29-Oct-2010
Pubs may be able to take advantage of £1.3bn worth of fresh Government funding to add post offices.
Morning Advertiser - Community leases a step closer
21-Oct-2010
Pub is the Hub is in talks with major pubcos about devising leases specifically for community groups to take on viable pubs that are under threat.
Morning Advertiser - Pub co-operatives: creating a dream team
21-Oct-2010
Pub co-operatives are one way of saving community locals under threat. Phil Mellows investigates the effectiveness of the business model.
Monring Advertiser - Battlesteads: Great British Pub of the Year
10-Sep-2010
The Battlesteads in Wark-on-Tyne, Northumberland, owned by Richard and Dee Slade, has been crowned Great British Pub of the Year.
The Publican - Pub is the Hub launch in Wales
09-Sep-2010
The group hold launch event at Prince of Wales' estate.
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub launches in Wales
08-Sep-2010
At least 50 rural Welsh pubs could get help to offer new services under the Pub is the Hub scheme.
Morning Advertiser - £4.3m community pubs fund axed
09-Aug-2010
The Government has ditched its £3.3m support package for community pubs and a further £1m grant for the Pub is the Hub scheme as part of its cost-cutting programme.
CAMRA'S Whats Brewing - Fun for all ages
01-Aug-2010
Pub is the Hub has helped a Welsh pub make beer go with a swing.
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub to aid 50 Welsh pubs
19-Jul-2010
Pub is the Hub hopes to regenerate 50 rural Welsh pubs, thanks to support from the Prince of Wales, which will allow them to open an office there.
The Publican - Proud of Pubs: New ways to drive trade
08-Jul-2010
Have you ever considered trying something different but not known how to go about it or been worried it would fail? Well why not face your fears during Proud of Pubs Week.
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub helps Welsh pub build a playground
07-Jul-2010
The back garden of a Denbighshire pub has been turned into a £7,500 children’s playground with Pub is the Hub funding.
Gerald Eve Engage Magazine - The Pub is the Hub
01-Jul-2010
ENGAGE looks at a Gerald Eve supported initiative of HRH The Prince of Wales which is starting to make a real difference to rural communities
Big Lottery Fund - COMMUNITIES SAY CHEERS AS LOTTERY POURS NEW LIFE INTO RURAL PUBS
18-May-2010
More local services will soon be housed in pubs across rural England as the Big Lottery Fund today announces funding to help public houses offer much more to their communities than a ‘pie and a pint’
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub to roll out nationally
19-Mar-2010
The Pub is the Hub scheme will now be available on a national scale in both rural and urban areas, following the promise of a £1m grant from Government.
Morning Advertiser - BII hopeful pubco codes will address concerns
19-Mar-2010
BII chief Neil Robertson "remains hopeful" that the codes of practice will address some of the concerns highlighted in the Government's new announcement on the tie. l
Morning Advertiser - Trade veteran Richard Butterworth dies
02-Dec-2009
One of the UK pub trade’s best-known figures, Richard Butterworth, has died following a short illness at the age of 64.
Morning Advertiser - Tories propose pub right-to-buy
20-Nov-2009
The Conservative Party has proposed that communities should have the right to buy pubs that are threatened with closure — along with post offices, libraries and swimming pools.
Morning Advertiser - Saffron Leisure buys 2nd freehold
21-Oct-2009
Family-owned pub company Saffron Leisure has opened a second site.
Morning Advertiser - Welsh Assembly pro-pub group to meet often
02-Oct-2009
Pro-pub Welsh Assembly Members plan to hold meetings at least every two months and focus on one topic of concern to licensees and brewers at each event
CAMRA What's Brewing - Locals Take Over Their Local
01-Oct-2009
Villagers in Llanarmon yn lal in Flintshire have taken over their pub which was threatened with closure and now they could be on the television.
Morning Advertiser - Welsh Assembly plans to help pubs
24-Sep-2009
Pro-pub Welsh Assembly members expect to set an agenda for action to help community outlets today.
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub: more pubs diversify
17-Sep-2009
The recession has led to a marked increase in licensees wanting to diversify through Pub is the Hub
Morning Advertiser - South Norfolk Council picks top community pub
07-Sep-2009
South Norfolk Council has awarded the Pelican Inn at Tacolneston community pub of the year, in what it claims are the only council-run community pub awards in England.
Morning Advertiser - TV show helps re-open Welsh pub
02-Sep-2009
A group of Welsh villagers have saved their local pub with the help of a TV production company
CAMRA What's Brewing - Councils get behind pubs
01-Sep-2009
MORE councils are including Pub is the Hub in their own rural regeneration schemes.
Morning Advertiser - Pub closures spark interest in Pub is the Hub
13-Aug-2009
The publicity given to the closure of pubs has sparked an upturn in interest in Pub is the Hub schemes
Morning Advertiser - Funds for pubs providing services
06-Aug-2009
A trade body wants pubs that provide services to their community to receive funding from a new tax on new-build properties
The Publican - Husband given stamp of approval to run post office in pub
29-Jul-2009
A licensee is giving drinkers a first class service by letting her husband open a post office in her pub.
The Publican - United by a community - how locals can save a pub
25-Jun-2009
A growing number of communities are refusing to stand by and watch their pubs go out of business. Here are some villagers who are doing it for themselves
Morning Advertiser My Shout by David Elliott - End the business rates stranglehold
25-Jun-2009
I’ve recently been more closely involved in what Pub is the Hub is doing.
Morning Advertiser - Enterprise cuts tie to rescue pub
16-Jun-2009
Enterprise Inns has agreed to relax its strict tied beer rules to help a microbrewer rescue a remote Cumbrian village pub
Morning Advertiser - Pubs in line for £3m TV lottery project
04-Jun-2009
Pubs are urged to get involved in a £3m project that will see National Lottery cash granted for community projects
Morning Advertiser - 50 Most Influential People in the Pub Industry 2009
29-May-2009
Now in its 8th year — The Morning Advertiser ranks the trade’s movers and shakers on the impact they’ve had on the industry in the past 12 months — and how they’re likely to affect it in the year ahead.
Morning Advertiser - More cash to make pubs the rural hub
08-May-2009
Licensees at rural English pubs could get access to more Government cash to diversify or expand under new plans
The Publican - Sell More Save More pubs look to the future
01-May-2009
Licensees pick out their key successes from our year-long project. Onwards and upwards!
Morning Advertiser - South Norfolk searches for best community pub
01-May-2009
South Norfolk Council has launched a new award to find the best Community Pub of the Year
Morning Advertiser - Rural Hub pubs top 350
09-Apr-2009
Pub Is The Hub rural regeneration projects have officially passed the 350 mark following the opening of a new post office at the Tree Inn, Stratton, near Bude, in Cornwall
The Publican - Pub offers customers free food
04-Apr-2009
Lunchtime giveaway at the Plough in Suffolk is bringing in the customers
The Publican - Pub is the Hub reaches Wales
03-Mar-2009
Prince Charles-backed scheme to help rural Welsh pubs
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub makes Welsh debut
03-Mar-2009
Pubs in parts of rural Wales can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 to help them diversify
Staffordshire County Council - Grants return services to village life
02-Mar-2009
An enterprising Alstonefield landlady is now offering her punters more than a pint and a bite to eat after scooping funding to transform the venue's outbuildings into the village's only shop.
Morning Advertiser - Tory campaign to save the pub
20-Feb-2009
The Conservative Party has launched a campaign to save the pub
Morning Advertiser - Councils turn to Pub is the Hub
09-Oct-2008
The escalating rate of UK pub closures has led to a surge of interest from local authorities keen to explore ways of saving rural and community inns
The Publican - Councils urged to help rural pubs
09-Oct-2008
Minister wants grants made available to vital community pubs
The Publican - Community pubs fit for a prince
18-Aug-2008
Pub is the Hub has helped nearly 360 pubs diversify into offering vital local services. Following a royal visit to one site involved in the scheme, The Publican caught up with campaign director John Longden
The Publican - Community pubs fit for a prince
14-Aug-2008
Pub is the Hub has helped nearly 360 pubs diversify into offering vital local services. Following a royal visit to one site involved in the scheme, The Publican caught up with campaign director John Longden
The Publican - Prince Charles visits first ever Pub is the Hub project
01-Aug-2008
Suffolk pub benefits from royal visitors
The Publican - James Wilmore: Here's to the simple things...
01-Jul-2008
Riding on the wave of simplicity, Pub is the Hub can boost a pub's fortunes
The Publican - Pub Is The Hub launches South East advisory group
20-Jun-2008
Longden calls it a "huge step" for the organisation
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub goes south east
19-Jun-2008
Help is at hand for rural pubs in south east England that want to diversify.
The Publican - Pub is the Hub could go urban
05-Jun-2008
But it needs extra funding to help pubs diversify
Morning Advertiser - Top 50 Most Influential People in the Pub Industry 2008
30-May-2008
26 - Prince Charles, John Longden, Pub is the Hub patron and director
Morning Advertiser - Cornish pub is artistic hub
22-May-2008
Pub is the Hub has helped a Cornish pub to promote work from a local artist.
Morning Advertiser - BII boss: Pubs are socially responsible
13-May-2008
Licensees must do all they can to reinforce the view that pubs are the most socially responsible place to enjoy alcohol.
Morning Advertiser - Spirit of true co-operation
01-May-2008
Only by becoming a co-operative have the residents of one Cumbrian village saved their local pub and brewery
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub helps store open in record time
01-May-2008
Pub is the Hub has carried out its quickest-ever regeneration scheme to help open a shop in a Derbyshire village pub.
Morning Advertiser - HRH hobnobs with Cumbria hub
17-Apr-2008
HRH The Prince of Wales is becoming something of a regular on the Cumbria pub circuit. His visit to the Black Swan at Ravenstonedale the other week followed an appearance last year at the Crown Hesket, Newmarket — both in support of Pub is the Hub.
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub targets East Anglia
17-Apr-2008
Pub is the Hub has earmarked East Anglia as its next target area as enquiries from licensees across the region begin to mount.
Morning Advertiser - Would one help my Hub?
04-Apr-2008
Prince Charles has called for new ideas to publicise the work of Pub Is The Hub to enable the rural regeneration body to operate on a national basis.
Morning Advertiser - Interview with Licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe
03-Apr-2008
In an interview this week, Licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe tells Andrew Pring the pub trade must move with the times
Morning Advertiser - Would one help my pub
03-Apr-2008
Prince Charles has called for new ideas to publicise the work of Pub Is The Hub to enable the rural regeneration body to operate on a national basis.
Humberts leisure - Village pubs in support of rural services
01-Apr-2008
Traditional rural services and the village inn are under threat. Economic pressures are tempting landlords to sell up and many important local services in the rural community are in danger of disappearing.
Enterprise Inns - Closer to the community
01-Apr-2008
Providing a crucial service or raising cash for a charity is a pub's best route to becoming the focal point of its community, as the Enterprise retailers show.
Morning Advertiser - Pub is the Hub may help Welsh regions
27-Mar-2008
The Welsh Assembly Government is considering plans to support the Prince Charles-backed scheme that helps regenerate rural pubs.
Morning Advertiser - Hot pub grub for Grantham schools
06-Mar-2008
A Grantham pub is to provide hot meals to its neighbouring primary school in a scheme which brings the pub to the hub of its local community.
Morning Advertiser - First past the post
21-Feb-2008
Three years after losing its post office the village is about to get it back, with the Enterprise Inns-owned pub playing a crucial role.
Morning Advertiser - Post offices in rural pubs on the rise
24-Jan-2008
More licensees are opening shops and taking on post-office services in an attempt to bolster declining business in rural village pubs.