Highlights of our poetry campaign about pubs, in collaboration with arts project INN CROWD, which ran from January to late March, bringing some cheer to publicans, their staff and people in their pub’s local area during these challenging times 6 – weeks – the number…
HRH The Prince of Wales shares message of support for industry
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, who initiated Pub is The Hub in 2001, has shown his support and gratitude to those working in the hospitality sector, including publicans, in a video message first shared at a Master Innnholders' online event called 'Battered Not…
Historic pub transforms disused barn into popular village shop
The FitzWalter Arms in Goodnestone near Canterbury has transformed a disused barn into a village shop to support the local community. Licensee Lynn Fisher took over the historic Shepherd Neame pub, which dates back to 1589, last July. She decided to convert the barn after…
Local residents back new village shop for Northamptonshire pub
Publicans Martin Steele and Laura Cook have opened a village shop at The George Inn at Tiffield with the help and support of local residents and Pub is The Hub, the not-for-profit organisation that helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services. The couple…
Winter Warmers: how publicans shared some cheer with their locals through our poetry campaign
Publicans across the country got involved in our ‘Winter Warmers’ poetry campaign, launched in collaboration with arts project INN CROWD, in a number of creative ways. Read on for some highlights on how the ‘Winter Warmers’ campaign was activated by pubs around the country following…
Hertfordshire publicans come to aid of local residents with new shop
Publicans Bianca and James Rix have opened a shop at The Fox & Hounds in Hunsdon to help local residents and those living in surrounding villages. The Fox Shop was opened with the help and support of Pub is The Hub, the not-for-profit organisation that…
Open Arms: new report shows the positive role publicans can play in tackling loneliness
Pubs are important social hubs that help to tackle loneliness and social isolation in local communities, a new report, commissioned by The Campaign to End Loneliness in collaboration with Heineken and Loughborough University has reinforced. Among key findings in The Open Arms Report are that…
Pubs, poems, positivity: National poem of thanks to resilient publicans and ‘Winter Warmers’ pub poetry collection unveiled
A ‘National Poem of Thanks to Our Nation’s Publicans’ has been released today by Pub is The Hub and arts project INN CROWD to thank publicans for their resilience and continuing support of their local communities during this Covid-19 pandemic, despite the huge challenges they…