News Archive
Cambridge News - Villagers will pop to pub for a book of stamps
24-Feb-2010
A Post Office is to open in a village pub. Staff at the Queen’s Head in Long Lane, Fowlmere, will soon be serving books of stamps and weighing parcels as well as pulling pints
This is Scunthorpe - Workshops aim to help rural businesses
13-Feb-2010
RURAL pubs and shops in North Lincolnshire are being urged to look at unconventional ways of generating more business and helping their communities.
Yorkshire Post Country Week - The village that discovered value of co-operation
30-Jan-2010
In our series about how Yorkshire's village shops have been fighting back, Fiona Russell reports on the success on her doorstep.
Caterer - Village pubs, local heroes
15-Jan-2010
Village pubs have had a tough few years, with many closing down as their influence in the community has waned.
Sunday Times - Save the pub or let it die? It’s your shout
10-Jan-2010
My favourite story of this cold winter is the one about the 60 guests who got snowed in over the new year at the Tan Hill Inn, Britain’s highest pub, 1,732ft above sea level in the Yorkshire Dales.
WalesOnline - The Welsh rural posties notching up 70 miles a day
19-Dec-2009
As the Christmas rush reaches its peak with online shoppers sending and receiving thousands of parcels all over Wales, Sally Williams looks at a day in the life of the rural postmen and women who keep our presents and cards on the move
Harrogate Advertiser - Village shop is judged best in the UK
16-Dec-2009
Kirkby Overblow couple David and Kate Deacon have beaten off stiff competition to win a national award for their village store, The Shoulder Shop.
Yorkshire Post Country Week - The corner shop fighting back against fashion
12-Dec-2009
The chocolate box village of Marton cum Grafton in North Yorkshire has been in the news due to the bankruptcy and closure of its Neil Morrissey-endorsed pub, The Punch Bowl.
Yorkshire Post Country Week - How rural pubs are raising the bar for local shoppers
04-Dec-2009
The village shop seemed to be on its last legs but Justine Gaunt reports on how local stores have been reinvented by pioneering publicans in the villages of Kirkby Overblow and Sicklinghall.
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.
Yorkshire Post County Week - Villages with stores of determination
28-Nov-2009
SEVEN years ago, the unthinkable was happening in Middleton Tyas near Scotch Corner. The village shop, which had been open for more than a century, shut its doors for the last time.
The Guardian - Are pubs finally becoming hubs?
24-Nov-2009
Pub landlords are diversifying into weird and wonderful new areas. From takeaway chips to live theatre, is this the end of the boozer as we know it?
Yorkshire Post Country Week - How Stillington managed to save its village shop
21-Nov-2009
MOVING from Sinnington to Stillington sounds like a home from home, and in a way it was for Bryan and Margaret Cobb. They made the short journey over the Howardian Hills to live in a smaller property, swapping one desirable village for another.
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.
The Telegraph - Save our countryside: Why we are all killing off our rural idyll
11-Oct-2009
Personal View: Our countryside is threatened as never before - and even supermarkets must now take notice, says Waitrose managing director Mark Price.
The Telegraph - HRH The Prince of Wales: 'The countryside is in crisis. The stakes could not be higher'
10-Oct-2009
The Prince of Wales explains how computer technology can save our rural communities and the landscape they have nurtured
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
Telegraph and Argus - Wilsden pub builds community events
16-Sep-2009
But regulars at the New Inn in Main Street, Wilsden, can pick up local cheese, vegetables and even fish after it held the first of its regular outdoor markets this week
Eastern Daily Press - South Norfolk pub wins community award
08-Sep-2009
An historic inn that banned juke boxes and fruit machines for traditional games and chatter was hailed as the “future of the British pub” yesterday after winning a community award
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.
Denbighshire Free Press - Raven re-opens on Saturday
27-Aug-2009
A village pub that has been closed for several months will be re-opened this Saturday, August 29 - by the community
Halifax Evening Courier - Pub plan for new village
17-Aug-2009
AN HISTORIC 17th century building on the former Webster's brewery site will be transformed into a village pub and community centre if Calderdale Council gives the go ahead.
Yorkshire Post - Village pub and cricket stars team up to bat for our heroes
14-Aug-2009
Prince Charles would have been proud of our village pub last weekend
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
Bury Free Press - Cash incentive in bid to save pubs
11-Aug-2009
Pub landlords are being offered incentives to develop their businesses with a cash injection aimed at fighting the recession.
The Lowestoft Journal - Lifeline for Suffolk's ailing pubs
09-Aug-2009
A council is offering a lifeline to struggling pub owners, licensees and villagers hoping to save their local
Toronto Star - Pub grub gets a posh makeover
08-Aug-2009
Organic gardens, locavore chefs and artisanal goodies offer delicious diversions down every country lane.
Beccles and Bungay Journal - Pubs given lifeline
07-Aug-2009
A council is offering a lifeline to struggling pub owners, licensees and villagers hoping to save their local
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
Group to measure pub community value
31-Jul-2009
The IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research), the group which wrote a report into the social value of pubs, is looking for pubs to volunteer for a scheme which will measure a pub’s community value in financial terms
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.
Denbighshire Free Press - Last orders?
29-Jun-2009
RURAL pubs across North Wales are closing at record rates, with at least 40 calling time for the last time during the past two years.
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.
Cumberland News - Micro-brewery take-over of Cumbrian pub welcomed
18-Jun-2009
Cumbrian beer lovers have welcomed a national pub chain's decision to offer a new kind of lease which they believe could help save threatened rural pubs across the UK
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
The Guardian - Time at the bar?
13-Jun-2009
Every week, 39 pubs close their doors for good. Here, Stuart Maconie laments the death of the rural boozer and raises a glass to the landlords striving to preserve Britain's beating heart
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
Cumberland News - Community group take-overs could help protect small Cumbrian schools - senior Tory
29-May-2009
Shadow education secretary Michael Gove believes the future survival of small schools could lie within the model of the community co-operative running the favourite Cumbrian pub of Prince Charles
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.
Cambridge News - The humble pub, hub of local life
18-May-2009
Few things are as iconic as the traditional English pub.
The Times - The life and soul of the drinking classes
16-May-2009
Pubs are precious - warts, absentee husbands and all. But unstoppable forces are killing them
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
Southern Daily Echo - Hampshire pubs to become polling stations
07-May-2009
A pint of beer and a ballot paper please! Four Hampshire pubs are to become polling stations for elections in June.
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
Yorkshire Post - Acclaimed landlords revive a village shop
10-Apr-2009
David and Kate Deacon have bucked the trend of village pub closures and built up a reputation for their pub, The Shoulder of Mutton. Now they've given their village a shop
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 Guardian - Last orders? Locals fight back
22-Mar-2009
Every week 39 pubs shut down. Petrol stations lie abandoned. Post Offices are closing. But as Miles Brignall reports, community companies may be the answer
The Sunday Times - That’s the community spirit
22-Mar-2009
Locals across the country are pulling together to save shops and pubs, and even setting up their own schools
Yorkshire Post - Special brew that makes a pub thrive
20-Mar-2009
Country pubs are closing despite Prince Charles's efforts with the Pub is the Hub campaign. But one family reveal success is as much about personality as economics.
Denbighshire Visitor - Denbighshire chosen to pilot Pub Is The Hub scheme
18-Mar-2009
A royal rescue plan for rural pubs has been launched in Wales for the first time
Denbighshire Vistor - Denbighshire chosen to pilot Pub is the Hub scheme
18-Mar-2009
A ROYAL rescue plan for rural pubs has been launched in Wales for the first time.