News Archive
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 Westmorland Gazette - New countryside fund launched
17-Jul-2010
A NEW fund for farmers and people living and working in the countryside will be launched on Thursday (July 22).
Telepgraph - Prince of Wales will help regenerate 50 villages using pubs as community 'hubs'
16-Jul-2010
The Prince of Wales will announce plans to regenerate 50 remote villages by using local pubs as community centres when he reveals the first beneficiaries of his new Countryside Fund charity next week.
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
Denbighshire Visitor - Tremeirchion pub is the heart of community
16-Jun-2010
A Tremeirchion landlady is making her pub a focal point for the community – which doesn’t even have a local shop
BBC News - Prince Charles supports allotment at Corwen pub
31-May-2010
A pub is to open a community allotment where children can grow their own food.
Cumberland News - Cumbria to benefit from £470,000 boost to ‘pub is the hub’ scheme
21-May-2010
A scheme championed by Prince Charles to make rural pubs the heart of their communities has received a six-figure Lottery boost.
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’
Best of British - Pint Sized Post Office
01-May-2010
When Lynn Walsh sets off to her job in the village post office she just walks a few yards and steps into her old garage.
This is Scunthorpe - Workshops will show how to make the pub as the hub
27-Apr-2010
A NEW Pub is the Hub workshop will take place in the next few months. The original workshop was due to take place in March at the Haven Inn, Barrow Haven, but had to be postponed.
Epworth Bells - Pub in the hub workshop
15-Apr-2010
RURAL pubs are being invited to take part in a workshop to offer support and assistance. North Lincolnshire Council has confirmed that a new 'Pub is the Hub' workshop will take place in the next few months.
Country & Border Life - Two pints of lager and a packet of seeds
01-Apr-2010
The Eagles Hotel in the town square in Corwen, Denbighshire is converting its back garden into community allotments as part of the "Pub is the Hub" scheme back by Prince Charles
The Times - Buy local – and buy your local pub, says Labour
19-Mar-2010
Hundreds of pubs doomed to closure could be rescued under Government proposals to help to fund “community buyouts”, promote local beers and cut planning red tape.
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
Denbighshire Visitor - ‘Pub is the Hub’ goes green for Corwen youngsters
17-Mar-2010
A pub has opened its gardens to the community in a scheme given Royal approval.
Cambridge News - Villagers will pop to pub for a book of stamps
23-Feb-2010
A post office is to open in a village pub. Staff at the Queen’s Head in Long Lane, Fowlmere, a Greene King property 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