The community owned and run pub, the Dog Inn at Belthorn in Lancashire, is opening its brand-new restaurant this weekend with five youngsters who were not in education, employment or training as front of house and kitchen staff. The restaurant is the latest development for…
When the village café in Lingwood near Norwich closed recently, the owner and licensee of the King’s Head, Terry Holt, stepped in to relocate it to his pub. Now the King’s Head boasts a café with improved disabled access to the café, the beer garden…
Tim and Jodie Newman opened a new reading room and library for the community at The Peldon Plough this week thanks to the Community Services Fund. They are also making an appeal for book donations to add to the book exchange style library. In a…
The community-run pub in Stoke Canon is the proud new owner of some essential pub equipment courtesy of rural pub champions, Pub is The Hub and a marathon runner. It’s not the latest beer dispenser or top-of-the-range digital gaming machine, it’s a projector and pull-down…
Greene King has made a donation of £15,000 to Pub is The Hub's Community Services Fund to help to support rural pubs who want to diversify their services for the benefit of their communities. This is the fourth consecutive year Greene King has given to…
Now pub customers and villagers can enjoy a quiet pint and a book in the new library and reading room at The Brisley Bell thanks to Norfolk County Council's funding and advice from Pub is The Hub. Norfolk County Councillor Mark Kiddle-Morris officially opened the…
HEINEKEN is investing £50,000 in Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund and its annual running costs. The announcement was made during a visit to The Red Lion in Epworth by Pubs Minister, Andrew Percy MP last Friday. David Paterson, Corporate Affairs Director at HEINEKEN…
At the Pub17 exhibition at Olympia yesterday, a group of leading licensees concluded that being the centre of their community was definitely good for business. In one of the live theatre events, In a Pub’s editor, Matt Eley, chaired a panel debate with award-winning operators…
